单词shoestring
adj.: 资金不多的；(像鞋带一样)细长条的
n.: 鞋带
网络: 小额资本；小本经营的；零星资金
用钱极少的:
that uses very little money
以极少的钱:
using very little money
(像鞋带一样)细长条的
小本经营的,资金不多的
复数：shoestrings
The effort ran on a shoestring. There was no mechanism for taking contributions , no offices or bookkeeping system .
茶党的活动经费很少，没有建立一个接受社会捐赠的机制，没有办公场所，也不记账。
He started his business on a shoestring. It took a lot of hard work and clever planning to build up it up to where it is today.
他的公司是小本经营开办起来的，经过不少的艰苦劳动和苦心规划，才发展到今天这个样子。
Like most of his classmates, Scott tries to get by on a shoestring and manages to earn enough in odd jobs to pay some expenses.
和他的大多数同学一样，斯科特试着花极少的钱，并打些零工支付基本费用。
Everything she was about to become was already apparent, even on a shoestring budget.
每一件事她打算成为的显而易见，甚至在只有极少预算的情况下。
The Indian space program is enviable for working out of a shoestring budget.
印度空间计划使用有限的预算是令人羡慕的。
By international standards, the campaign has a shoestring budget of just $10m a year.
根据国际标准，这场运动一年一千万美金的预算是很微薄的。
She is running a boutique business on a shoestring budget. She even made a brochure for the items in her shop.
她在经营小成本的精品店生意，还做了小册子，介绍她店里的东西。
An American science student has captured images of the curvature of the Earth after sending a balloon into space on a shoestring budget.
美国一名理科生投入小成本向太空发射了一个气球，拍摄到地球表面图像。
Start by reaching out via social networks like Facebook or Twitter, recommends Melissa Massello, founder of online magazine Shoestring.
那就从学会使用社交网站Facebook或Twitter开始，曾是电子杂志《鞋带》的创办者梅丽莎·马赛罗（MelissaMassello）这样建议。
Over the past decade many online journals and article repositories have emerged that are run on a shoestring.
在过去十年中，许多线上期刊和文库的经营举步维艰，勉强糊口。