| 单词 | nickel-and-dime |
| 释义 | nickel-and-dime nick.el-and-dime AHD: [n¹k”…l-…n-dºm“] 【非正式用语】 D.J. [7n!k*l*n6da!m]K.K. [7n!k*l*n6da!m]adj.（形容词）1. Involving or paying only a small amount of money:几分小钱的：拥有或支付仅仅一小笔钱的：a nickel-and-dime job.报酬极低的工作2. Minor; small-time:较小的；规模较小的：“a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single borrowed room”(&b{New York})“小规模操作占满了这个租来的小房间”(纽约)v.（动词） nick.el-and-dimed 或 nick.eled-and-dimed nick.el-and-dim.ing 或 nick.el.ing-and-dim.ing nick.el-and-dimes 或 nick.els-and-dimes v.intr.（不及物动词）To spend very little money.便宜的：花很少的钱v.tr.（及物动词）1. To drain or destroy bit by bit, especially financially:逐渐耗尽或销毁，尤指财政上：nickel-and-dimed the project to death.这项工程逐渐终止了2. To accumulate in small amounts:以少量积累：“nickel-and-diming a substantial bankroll together”(&b{Newsweek})“少量积累资金援助”(新闻周刊) |
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