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

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"
   

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

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