英语释义

• supply sparingly and with restricted quantities;

  "sting with the allowance"

• limit in quality or quantity

• work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

• subsist on a meager allowance;

  "scratch and scrimp"

片语

economize on节约；节省

skimp on sth对

small小件物品；矮小的人

save节省；挽救

lacking缺少，没有，不足（lack 的现在分词）

skimp p吝啬

short短；缺乏；短路；短裤

deficient不足的；有缺陷的；不充分的

insufficient不足的；不能胜任的，缺乏能力的

to skimp俭用

to skimp on the job敷衍塞责

You skimp on sleep缺少睡眠

skimp on节省

skimp do poorly or carelessly草率从事

begrudge羡慕，嫉妒；吝惜，舍不得给

英汉例句

• the firm eventually erected more than 300 buildings, many of which were controversial because they circumvented zoning laws or were said to skimp on quality.

  公司最终建造了300多座大楼，其中多数因为绕开了分区法规或据称偷工减料而引发争议。

• if you have plenty of memory, you can skimp on it, although some distributions of linux have a problem going into standby or hibernating without much swap.

  如果你的内存足够大，甚至可以不用swap分区。但是有些linux发行版在待机和休眠时会因此出现问题。

• it’s ironic that the time in our life when we need sleep the most is the time when we’re most tempted to skimp on sleep. adequate sleep is essential for college students.

  非常讽刺的是在我们的生命中我们用来睡觉的大多数时间都是从我们本来应该的睡眠时间中节省下来的.充足的睡眠对大学生来说是十分重要的。

• car companies had their problems with trying to skimp on safety in the 「50s and 」60s.

  汽车公司在50年代至60年代期间在汽车安全性方面做得不足的确是有问题的。

• the children skimp their homework because they「ve got one eye on the clock in case they miss their favorite program, and we eat all our meals on our knees.

  孩子们一只眼睛盯着闹钟马马虎虎地完成作业，因为害怕错过他们喜爱的电视节目；我们在膝盖上吃饭。

• while it」s a fine idea to bargain-hunt, there are a few crucial items you shouldn「t skimp on.

  不遗余力的砍价是个好主意，但是有些关键的物品你不应该节省。

• you can skimp on the office space, the desks, coach airfare, budget motel in mountain view, etc.

  可以在其他方面节省，如办公空间、桌子、培训交通费、便宜的山景汽车旅馆等。

• so when visions of haagen-daz dance through your head, don」t think twice. just pull up an imaginary spoon. and don「t skimp on the fantasy hot fudge.

  因此，当你脑子幻想着哈根达斯的时候，不需要三思而行，脑子里再虚构个勺子就行了。还有没必要吝啬对热软糖的幻想。

• if you skimp on sleep, ghrelin levels rise, making you hungry, and leptin levels dip, which signals a need for calories.

  如果你克扣了睡眠时间，胃促生长素水平升高，使你饑饿，并且消瘦素下降，标志着需求热量。

• you skimp on travel expenses.

  你节省差旅费。

• don’t skimp on the important things - when it comes to things that need to be reliable such as infrastructure, delivery, or even your own personal tech equipment – don’t skimp out.

  十六重要的东西不要省——需要可靠的东西时，如基础设备、交付甚至是自己的技术设备，千万不要省。

• don」t skimp on eczema medicine.

  不要吝惜您的湿疹药。

• i can「t believe how many administrators skimp on hardware and make their staff make do with inadequate amounts of ram and processors when they are the least expensive part of the equation.

  我不敢相信有这么多管理者在硬件上斤斤计较，它的员工也就一直缺乏ram和处理器，可是这些硬件原本是最便宜的。

• you shouldn」t skimp on calories before, during (when necessary), and immediately after your very intense and long workouts.

  你不应该减少摄入热量无论是在你那非常剧烈的，长时间的锻炼之前，当中和之后。

• do not skimp and buy a cheap pair of shoes, this is the most important running purchase you will make.

  不要吝啬而买一双低档的鞋，因为这是你最重要的跑步装备。

• there is always a temptation to skimp on this part of the business.

  人们总是会有跳过这一部分的沖动。

• as mentioned earlier, do not skimp on acceptance criteria, or be ready to pay the price of rework.

  正如之前提到的，不要跳过验收标準，或者準备好返工的代价。

• don’t skimp on your scanner – the scansnap is one of the best scanners for the money.

  对于扫描仪，不要吝啬——scansnap牌扫描仪是省钱的最好的一种扫描仪。

• because premiums on permanent are high, you may be tempted to skimp on the death benefit.

  因为终身寿险的保费很高，客户有可能为了少交保费而降低保额（死亡抚恤金）。

• what do you skimp on?

  你怎么克扣呢？

• and don’t skimp on the fantasy hot fudge.

  还有千万不要吝啬对热软糖的幻想。

• of course, this shouldn「t be an excuse to skimp on your lady」s gift.

  当然，这并不应该成为吝惜给心爱的人买礼物的借口。

• we look at online demos only for the most promising applications, so don「t skimp on the application because you」re relying on a good demo.

  我们只从网上考察有希望的项目，所以不要吝啬填表，因为良好的演示是你的希望所在。

• don「t skimp on the amount of information on pages.

  不要接生页面中的信息量。

• currently, ram is so inexpensive that it makes little sense to skimp on ram.

  目前，ram价格已相当便宜，如果在ram上吝啬，则是不明智的。

• but when it comes to your actual designs—the creative, artist part—you can’t skimp out on the details.

  但当你在开始真正设计时——创意、艺术部分——你不能忽略那些细节。

• whether you worked with a candidate closely or you just 「know of」 her, don」t skimp on the internal interview process.

  不论你与应征者工作关系密切还是仅仅「知道」她，不要草草了结内部面试程序。

• this is a health investment, so don't skimp on this important piece of furniture!

  这是健康投资，所以千万别再这方面节省。

相似词

economize节约，节省；有效地利用

husband丈夫