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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

    • 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?