skimp

英 [skɪmp]

美 [skɪmp]

v. 节省，吝惜(时间、钱等)

现在分词：skimping　过去分词：skimped　过去式：skimped　第三人称单数：skimps　

TOEFL GRE

BNC.21212 / COCA.21812

牛津词典

verb

节省，吝惜（时间、钱等）
to try to spend less time, money, etc. on sth than is really needed
1. Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
  老人吃饭和取暖不应吝惜。

柯林斯词典

VERB 草率地做;马马虎虎地做;节俭使用;节省
If youskimp onsomething, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.
1. Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
  就为了交齐每月的租金，许多家庭不得不省吃俭用。

英英释义

verb

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
1. sting with the allowance
Synonym:stintscant
subsist on a meager allowance
1. scratch and scrimp
Synonym:scrimpstint
limit in quality or quantity
Synonym:scant
work hastily or carelessly
Synonym:scant

双语例句

Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
就为了交齐每月的租金，许多家庭不得不省吃俭用。
Many old people skimp on food and heating in order to meet their bills.
许多老人节约食物和暖气供应以偿付账单。
I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has skimp his life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, two daughters and many bills of a household.
我很奇怪，要知道，他必须节衣缩食才能供养年老的父母、岳父母，妻子，两个女儿，以及家里的各项开支。
Or, roughly speaking, if you try to skimp on programmers, you'll make crappy software, and you won't even save that much money.
或者，概略地说，如果你试著从程式员上省钱，你会做出蹩脚的软体，且你甚至不会省到那麽多的钱。
Initially, people skimp on non-staple foods, cutting the quality and diversity of their intake; in the next stage, the quantity and safety of diets suffer.
最初，人们通过削减食物品质和摄入种类来减少副食品方面的开支，紧接着就是食物数量和安全性。
It's silly to skimp on food.
在吃上舍不得花钱很愚蠢。
Don't skimp on fundraising because of dilution fears.
不要在募捐活动上吝啬。
Spend Money on what Saves You Time: Never skimp on tools.
花费钱在什么之上救援你计时：在工具上不再缩减。
They have to skimp on fuel in winter.
冬天他们得节省燃料。
Now is not the time to skimp on your physical and emotional health.
现在不是在身体和心情健康上小气的时候。