nickel-and-dime

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
• 美式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
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基本解释

• adj.擁有或支付僅一小筆錢的；不重要的
• vt.一點一滴地消耗；節約每一分錢以得到

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英汉例句

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.
  委派某人一項工作時，膚色和性別是不重要的。

用作及物動詞 (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電力。

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• 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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