purse strings
基本解释
- 管钱；控制财权；钱袋口上的绳子
英汉例句
- He got his punishment, however, not from the author, but from the public who hold the purse strings.
他得到了处罚，但并不是作者给他的，而是那些手捂着钱袋的大众。 - Those that need more capital soon will get it only at a very high price if they can get it at all, as venture capitalists tighten their purse strings.
那些需要更多资本的公司很快将只能以非常昂贵的价格得到它，如果不管用什么方式他们能得到的话，因为风险投资商捂紧了他们的钱包。 - In late summer, as Europe’s economies barely ticked over, bankers across Europe seemed ready to ease their grip on the purse strings.
在仲夏时节，当欧洲经济远没有空闲下来， 欧洲的银行家们似乎准备放松他们对钱包的控制。 - Conrad also appeared on This Week. The U.S.Constitution gives Congress power over the nation's purse strings.
- In particular, they say that the government will loosen its purse strings and start spending again.
ECONOMIST: The Japanese economy - This promise, they hope, will be enough to excite the holders of the purse strings.
ECONOMIST: Radio telescopes - Most banks tightened their purse strings, while others got out of business lending altogether.
FORBES: Why Business Owners Should be Cheering for Alternative Lenders
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原声例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Hold the purse strings 掌管金钱财务;掌握金钱或财务;掌握财权
- tighten their purse strings 节省开支
- tighten the purse strings 节省开支
- held the purse strings 掌握钱财
- start tightening their purse strings 开始节省开支
短语
英英字典
- If you say that someone holds or controls the purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country.