purse strings
英 [ˈpɜːs strɪŋz]
美 [ˈpɜːrs strɪŋz]
n. 资金(或支出)的管理
牛津词典
noun
- 资金(或支出)的管理
a way of referring to money and how it is controlled or spent- Who holds the purse strings in your house?
你们家里谁管钱? - The government will have to tighten the purse strings (= spend less) .
政府将不得不紧缩开支。
- Who holds the purse strings in your house?
柯林斯词典
- N-PLURAL 资金的支配;财权
If you say that someone holds or controlsthe purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country.- Women control the purse-strings of most families...
大多数家庭由女性掌握财政大权。 - The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。
- Women control the purse-strings of most families...
双语例句
- Retailers may be hoping that shoppers will loosen their purse strings in the run-up to Christmas, but consumers are likely to remain cautious about spending given the uncertain economic outlook.
零售商们也许希望消费者将随着圣诞节的来临增加消费,但是消费者却可能因不明朗的经济形势而保持消费谨慎。 - Retailers also fared well as consumers began to loosen those proverbial purse strings.
零售商的状况也不错,消费者开始放松捂紧的钱包。 - He holds the purse strings in the family.
他在家里掌管财权。 - Men still make the most money in the average household, but it's women who control the purse strings.
如今在普通家庭中,男人仍然是主要的经济支柱,但女人却掌握着家中的财政大权。 - The politicians who control federal purse strings; tightened the corporate purse strings.
控制联邦资金支入的政客;节省公司的钱财。 - Faced with huge difficulties of their own, banks have tightened their purse strings, lending less and driving up the cost of credit to consumers and corporations.
面对自身巨大的经济问题,银行收紧了钱袋,减少贷款并且将信贷成本转嫁给个人和企业。 - The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。 - I spent most of my salary this month on a computer, so I'll have to tighten up my purse strings for a couple of months.
这个月工资大部分我都用来买电脑了,所以下面几个月我要勒紧裤腰带了。 - Many are holding purse strings tightly in the current regulatory environment.
在当前的监管环境下,大多数人节省开支。 - You hold the purse strings of my husband's exhibition?
你在我丈夫的展览中控制资金?