nickel-and-dime
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释义
只涉小钱的；微不足道的；
英英释义
nickel-and-dime[ 'nikələn'daim ]
v.
spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
同义词：penny-pinch
accumulate gradually
adj.
of minor importance
"a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"
同义词：small-time
low-paying
"a nickel-and-dime job"
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
这些形容词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.
委派某人一项工作时，肤色和性别是不重要的。
用作及物动词(vt.)
The skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power.
摩天大楼还极大地消耗和浪费电力。
权威例句
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1. A bad contractor may hide mistakes or blame someone else and nickel-and-dime you with extra charges.
一个不道德的承包商可能会隐瞒自身的失误或归咎他人，以额外的收费耗尽你的经费。
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2. Compared to your business, mine is a nickel-and-dime operation.
比起你的事业，我的只是小本生意。
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3. 'If you are expecting to lose a dime and you lost a nickel, you are a winner, ' says senior analyst Howard Silverblatt at Standard &Poor's.
标准普尔公司(Standard &Poor's)资深分析师西尔维布拉特(Howard Silverblatt)说，如果你预期会损失一毛钱，结果只损失了五分，那你就算赢了。
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4. Wherever he was offered a choice between a dime and a nickel, he always chose the nickel.
每次有人拿出一个一角的银币和一个五分的镍币让他从中选一个，他总是选那个镍币。
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5. We know that American divisional COINS include the dime and the nickel.
我们知道美国零钱包括一角及五分硬币。
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6. We know that American divisional COINS include the dime and the nickel.
我们知道美国零钱包括一角及五分硬币。
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