shoestring
adj. <非正>用钱极少的,小本经营的
Shoestrings are long, narrow pieces of material like pieces of string that you use to fasten your shoes.
A shoestring budget is one where you have very little money to spend.
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。
If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
The theatre will be run on a shoestring.
戏院将小本经营。
1. a lace used for fastening shoes
2. a small amount of money;
Trading on a shoestring raises the pressure to a deadly level.
用小资金交易,压力是致命的.
We were living on a shoestring.
我们当时生活艰难.
I've been living on a shoestring since my mother stopped sending me money.
我的母亲停止给我寄钱之后,我的日子过得非常寒酸.
Q: How can I take the best possible digital pictures on a shoestring budget?
问: 怎样用很小投资拍摄最好的数码照片?
We still had to operate on a shoestring.
我们仍得小本经营.