purse strings

英 [ˈpɜːs strɪŋz]

美 [ˈpɜːrs strɪŋz]

n.  资金(或支出)的管理

经济

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
  1. Who holds the purse strings in your house?
     你们家里谁管钱？
  2. The government will have to tighten the purse strings (= spend less) .
     政府将不得不紧缩开支。

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.
  1. Women control the purse-strings of most families...
     大多数家庭由女性掌握财政大权。
  2. The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
     银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。

双语例句

• Since the global financial crisis left Russia and America struggling with their budgets, China has loosened its purse strings to offer Central Asia a helping hand.
  全球金融危机促使俄罗斯和美国对预算缩减，中国增加了对中亚地区的援助。
• The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
  银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。
• The budget committee is in the process of tightening the purse strings.
  预算委员会正在紧缩开支。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hold the purse strings, you see.
  你看，我掌握了钱袋口的绳子呢。
• But any transfer of capital to banks from the public purse must come with the necessary strings attached to realise their public purpose.
  但是，从公共金库到银行的任何资金转移，都必须附带必要的条件，以实现其公共目的。