scrimp

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++scrimp /skrɪmp/ verb [intransitive]  SAVE MONEYto try to save as much money as you can, even though you have very little 尽力攒钱，省吃俭用，节衣缩食 They scrimped and saved for years to buy their own home. 他们为买一栋自己的房子省吃俭用了许多年。→ See Verb table

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scrimp• How I hate your mean, scrimping, grabbing, greedy guts.• All those years of scrimping may have been needless.• Facing a financially bleak Christmas, he scrimped together every last penny to afford presents for the four boys.scrimped and saved• My parents scrimped and saved to pay for my education.Origin scrimp (1700-1800) Probably from a Scandinavian language

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scrimp
scrimp /skrɪmp/ verb [intransitive]to try to save as much money as you can, even though you have very little:
    They scrimped and saved for years to buy their own home.

scrimpBrE /skrɪmp/ 🔊NAmE /skrɪmp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they scrimp BrE /skrɪmp/ 🔊 NAmE /skrɪmp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it scrimps BrE /skrɪmps/ 🔊 NAmE /skrɪmps/ 🔊past simple scrimped BrE /skrɪmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /skrɪmpt/ 🔊past participle scrimped BrE /skrɪmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /skrɪmpt/ 🔊 -ing form scrimping BrE /ˈskrɪmpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskrɪmpɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to spend very little money on the things that you need to live, especially so that you can save it to spend on sth else 省吃俭用，节衣缩食（尤指为了攒钱）◆They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education. 他们省吃俭用，为的是攒钱让孩子受到良好的教育。🔊🔊