on a shoestring
/ɒn ə ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/INFORMAL · C1
中文对应
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字面意思: «靠一根鞋带»
含义
with very little money
只用很少的钱.
例句
- 1We furnished the flat on a shoestring using donated furniture.
- 2Running a theatre on a shoestring requires plenty of volunteers.
- 3With almost no funding, the team made its film on a shoestring using borrowed equipment.
- 4Could you organise a wedding on a shoestring with only two hundred pounds to spend?
- 5Their tiny budget meant travelling on a shoestring, sleeping in tents and cooking every meal.
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