查询词典 purse strings

They argue that, with the banking industry catatonic and consumers pulling their purse strings ever tighter, the world is so topsy-turvy that any financial goal will be out of date as soon as the ink dries on the press release.

他们认为，随着银行业的萎缩以及消费者的裤腰带越勒越紧，世界经济形势将会越来越糟糕，在不久的将来这些经济目标就会失去意义。

Europe's consumers, never free-spending, are tightening their purse strings.

欧洲的消费者受尽了他们的钱包。

If you want to buy the villa, you must hold the purse strings from now on.

如果你想买那套房子，你必须从现在开始控制花钱。。。。。。。

We all give our wages to mother-she's the one who holds the purse strings in our family.

我们都把工资交给母亲——她是我们家里掌管钱财的人。

Although I earn the pay,It's my wife who holds the purse strings.

虽然薪水是我赚的，掌握薪水袋的却是我太太。

He holds the purse strings in the family.

他在家里掌管财权。

There seem to be two main reasons why the wealthy are tightening their purse strings.

富人们把他们的钱包看得更紧了。

You should marry someone not who you love equally but who loves you more than you love him, you should be in charge of the purse strings, etc.

你要结婚的人谁不爱你，但谁也同样爱你比你爱他，你应该在钱袋等收费

If exports were to collapse, governments in emerging Asia could loosen their purse strings.

如果出口崩溃的话，新兴亚洲国家的政府会放开其银行储备。

Dad holds the purse strings in our family.

我家是由爸爸管钱的。

We are forbidden from giving money to these shoeless, skinny children, as this will perpetuate begging.

向光着脚，骨瘦如柴的孩子施舍是不可以的，因为要招来无休无止的乞讨。

It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.

要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。