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
- 美式發(fā)音
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
英漢例句
- These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
這些形容詞都能用於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。 - 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。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)
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