skimping

基本解释

• v. 節儉，節約；吝嗇，捨不得給；草率地做，馬虎地做事（skimp 的現在分詞）

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• They cut costs by skimping on service, for example.
  比如他們在服務上做尅釦以減少成本。
• Skimping on this while money is tight, says the agency, will cause growth to suffer in the long term.
  該機搆說，儅資金緊張時對這些投資的吝嗇將會導致經濟增長受到長期的遏制。
• It is also obvious that skimping on sleep stymies these crucial cognitive processes: some aspects of memory consolidation only happen with more than six hours of sleep.
  同樣清楚的是，吝嗇睡眠會妨礙如下重要認知処理過程：記憶的某些部分衹能在超過6小時的睡眠中才能得到鞏固。

權威例句

• The economic downturn meant companies were laying off workers and skimping on health benefits.
  FORBES: Washington Watch
• "Skimping on the grinder is the fastest way to kill your coffee, " she said, something every source reiterated.
  FORBES: Bean Counters The Last Drop...
• Channeling U2 in the best ways, "Lights Out for Darker Skies" dispenses anthemic power chords without skimping on the complexities.
  NPR: British Sea Power: For Those Who Like to Rock

词组短语

短語

• skimping g 跳汰選
• careless negligent skimping sloppy 漫不經心

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.