purse strings

常見例句

He got his punishment, however, not from the author, but from the public who hold the purse strings.
他得到了處罰，但并不是作者給他的，而是那些手捂著錢袋的大眾。
Those that need more capital soon will get it only at a very high price if they can get it at all, as venture capitalists tighten their purse strings.
那些需要更多資本的公司很快將只能以非常昂貴的價(jià)格得到它，如果不管用什么方式他們能得到的話，因?yàn)轱L(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資商捂緊了他們的錢包。
In late summer, as Europe’s economies barely ticked over, bankers across Europe seemed ready to ease their grip on the purse strings.
在仲夏時(shí)節(jié)，當(dāng)歐洲經(jīng)濟(jì)遠(yuǎn)沒有空閑下來，歐洲的銀行家們似乎準(zhǔn)備放松他們對錢包的控制。

Conrad also appeared on This Week. The U.S.Constitution gives Congress power over the nation's purse strings.

In particular, they say that the government will loosen its purse strings and start spending again.
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This promise, they hope, will be enough to excite the holders of the purse strings.
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Most banks tightened their purse strings, while others got out of business lending altogether.
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