单词scrimp
v.: 省吃俭用
网络: 过度缩减；节省；精打细算
省吃俭用，节衣缩食（尤指为了攒钱）:
to spend very little money on the things that you need to live, especially so that you can save it to spend on sth else
删减
少给;克扣
吝啬
节省;俭省
过分缩减
第三人称单数：scrimps
现在分词：scrimping
过去式：scrimped
v.pull in your hornseconomizesaveskimptighten your belt
v.squander
And yet the more they scrimp on investment, the more joblessness, especially among the young, will deepen Japan"s sense of malaise.
然而他们投资的越少，由此产生的越多的失业就会让让日本人的不适感越强烈，尤其是年轻人。
Don"t try to scrimp here - have the boat pulled out even if it costs you.
可别在这里省钱——即使需要另加费用，也要把船提出水面。
Time for yourself is often where most people tend to scrimp.
通常大多数人留给自己的时间很少。
Despite bitter complaints about soaring prices, workers say they can scrimp enough to save at least a chunk of their wages.
尽管飞涨的物价让打工者叫苦不迭，但他们说如果精打细算一些，还是可以存下部分工资的。
Hey I can"t unload these goods by myself! Stop trying to scrimp on labor costs and hire some people.
嘿！我没法自己一个人卸下这些货物！别再费尽心机压榨我们的血汗了，求老爷再雇些人来做工吧！
John was making more money, but I continued to scrimp and save.
约翰挣钱比以前多了，可是我继续节省开支攒钱。
And if the company makes up the deficit, as many do, what incentive is there to scrimp, he asks?
而如果公司构成赤字，那么有什么动机去节省呢？他像许多人那样问。
The poor still queue for government-subsidised bread and must scrimp and save to buy a pair of shoes.
穷人仍要排队领取政府补贴的面包，要省吃俭用才能买一双鞋。
Parents have a better idea of what their budgets are at this point, so parents will scrimp elsewhere, not on kids.
父母都清楚他们的预算在这一点上有更好的主意，让家长节衣缩食其它地方，孩子们没有。
Only a small proportion (11% of younger households) have a mortgage, and those that do scrimp and save to try to pay it off in five years.
只有很小一部分人（11%的较年轻家庭）有抵押贷款，并且这些人精打细算地存钱为了能在5年内还清贷款。