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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 tableExamples from the Corpusscrimp• 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 languagescrimp verbChinese try much as can, as to money save you to Corpus |