shoestring

英 [ˈʃuːstrɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃuːstrɪŋ]

n. 鞋带; 小额资本; 零星资金
adj. 用钱极少的

复数：shoestrings　

BNC.23956 / COCA.19544

习惯用语

on a shoestring

noun

adj.

用钱极少的
that uses very little money
1. The club exists on a shoestring budget.
  这家俱乐部靠一点小钱艰难度日。

鞋带
Shoestringsare long, narrow pieces of material like pieces of string that you use to fasten your shoes.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 shoelaces

ADJ 资金极少的;小成本的
Ashoestringbudget is one where you have very little money to spend.
1. The British-produced film was made on a shoestring budget.
  这部英国出品的电影是小成本制作。
PHRASE 用很少的钱;以小成本
If you do something or make somethingon a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
1. The theatre will be run on a shoestring.
  戏院将小本经营。

noun

Everything else that I had done before had been shoestring.
之前我做的不过都是些小成本制作。
He started his business on a shoestring.
他以小资本开始做生意。
The mission was lauded for its shoestring budget of about$ 74 million.
这项使命由于仅用了7400万美元的小本预算而受到赞扬。
The theatre will be run on a shoestring.
戏院将小本经营。
The beauty of starting a Web business is that you can do it on a shoestring.
创办网络的好处在于你可以白手起家。
When you started this company on a shoestring, skeptics claimed that you wouldn't find a market.
当贵公司以小资本创业的时候，有人带着怀疑的眼光说你们会找不到市场。
I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes.
我可是靠鞋带为生的，也就是说我可支配的钱很少，几乎没钱买衣服。
EarthSound started on a shoestring because the founders couldn't find any investors for such a risky venture.
天籁以小资本额创业，因为创办人当初没办法为这个风险高的事业找到投资人。
The Indian space program is enviable for working out of a shoestring budget.
印度空间计划使用有限的预算是令人羡慕的。
Pop-up restaurants are a similar phenomenon: temporary outlets done on a shoestring on a short-term licence.
游击餐厅的现象很相似：用短期的执照和极少量的投资就能开一个临时摊档。