nickel-and-dime

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

• 英式音標(biāo) [?n?k.?l.?n?da?m]
• 美式音標(biāo) [?n?k.?l.?n?da?m]
• 英式發(fā)音
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基本解釋

• adj.擁有或支付僅一小筆錢的；不重要的
• vt.一點(diǎn)一滴地消耗；節(jié)約每一分錢以得到

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英漢例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

• These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
  這些形容詞都能用于小的和不重要的事物。
• Color and sex are hardly relevant when appointing someone to a job.
  委派某人一項(xiàng)工作時(shí)，膚色和性別是不重要的。

用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)

• The skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power.
  摩天大樓還極大地消耗和浪費(fèi)電力。

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• used to describe something that is not important, usually because it does not involve much money
• to damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too much attention to details

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