nickel-and-dime
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
- 美式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.擁有或支付僅一小筆錢的；不重要的
- vt.一點一滴地消耗；節約每一分錢以得到
英汉例句
- These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
這些形容詞都能用於小的和不重要的事物。 - Color and sex are hardly relevant when appointing someone to a job.
委派某人一項工作時，膚色和性別是不重要的。 - The skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power.
摩天大樓還極大地消耗和浪費電力。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
英英字典
- used to describe something that is not important, usually because it does not involve much money
- to damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too much attention to details