nickel-and-dime

英 美
  • adj.拥有或支付仅一小笔钱的;不重要的vt.一点一滴地消耗;节约每一分钱以得到
  • nic abbr.网络(接口)卡(=networkinterfacecard)abbr.新兴工业化国家(=newlyindustrializedcountry)
  • Nic. abbr.=Nicaragua
  • Nica 尼卡
  • Nicacci 尼卡奇
  • nicacid 烟酸
Adjective:
  1. of minor importance;

    "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"
    "a small-time actor"

  2. low-paying;

    "a nickel-and-dime job"

Verb:
  1. spend money frugally; spend as little as possible

  2. accumulate gradually;

    "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. 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。
    2. 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.)
    1. 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。

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