on a shoestring

on a shoestring什么意思,on a shoestring翻译

基本解释

na.: 〈口〉用很少的钱

英汉解释

• 〈口〉用很少的钱,只有很少的钱

同义词

adv.cheaplyon the cheapeconomicallyfrugally

反义词

adv.extravagantly

例句

• The effort ran on a shoestring. There was no mechanism for taking contributions , no offices or bookkeeping system .

  茶党的活动经费很少，没有建立一个接受社会捐赠的机制，没有办公场所，也不记账。

• He started his business on a shoestring. It took a lot of hard work and clever planning to build up it up to where it is today.

  他的公司是小本经营开办起来的，经过不少的艰苦劳动和苦心规划，才发展到今天这个样子。

• Like most of his classmates, Scott tries to get by on a shoestring and manages to earn enough in odd jobs to pay some expenses.

  和他的大多数同学一样，斯科特试着花极少的钱，并打些零工支付基本费用。

• Everything she was about to become was already apparent, even on a shoestring budget.

  每一件事她打算成为的显而易见，甚至在只有极少预算的情况下。

• She is running a boutique business on a shoestring budget. She even made a brochure for the items in her shop.

  她在经营小成本的精品店生意，还做了小册子，介绍她店里的东西。

• An American science student has captured images of the curvature of the Earth after sending a balloon into space on a shoestring budget.

  美国一名理科生投入小成本向太空发射了一个气球，拍摄到地球表面图像。

• Over the past decade many online journals and article repositories have emerged that are run on a shoestring.

  在过去十年中，许多线上期刊和文库的经营举步维艰，勉强糊口。

• They may have fond memories of backpacking around India or Guatemala on a shoestring during their younger days.

  他们可能回忆起年轻时在印度或危地马拉省吃俭用背包旅行的经历。

• But you know I am living on a shoestring these days.

  但你知道这久我手头紧。

• Concern that the army is fighting two wars on a shoestring budget refuses to go away.

  军队只用了极少的预算，却打着两场战争，人们对此的担忧挥之不去。