nickel-and-dime

• 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

nickel-and-dime的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

英英释义

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"
   

nickel-and-dime的用法和样例：

例句

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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近反义词

【近义词】

• small-time <非正式>小规模的...
• penny-pinch 对 ... 吝啬