shoestring

noun

noun

adj.

1. 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。

1. 鞋带
   Shoestrings are 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


2. ADJ 资金极少的;小成本的
   A shoestring budget 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。
3. PHRASE 用很少的钱;以小成本
   If you do something or make something on 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。

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。
2. The theatre will be run on a shoestring.
   戏院将小本经营。
3. 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。
4. However, with their shoestring budgets, these nongovernmental organizations can do little more than collect reports.
   但是，由于预算十分紧张，这些非政府组织只能收集这些报告，除此之外什么也做不了。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. John Watts and Thomas Wood had a shoestring budget of 20,000 and needed to call on Chinese waiters in their home town of Sheffield to bulk out the cast in battle scenes.
   约翰·瓦特和托马斯·伍德仅有2万英镑不到的预算，为了凑齐战斗场面所需的大批群众演员，甚至需要打电话到他们家乡谢菲尔德，找那里中国餐馆的服务员来参演。
8. 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。
9. This company has operated on shoestring for many years now.
   这家公司靠那么一丁点的资金已经营运了好几年。
10. 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。
11. But you know I am living on a shoestring these days.
    但你知道这久我手头紧。
12. Popescu says that one suggestion to close underperforming units could assure additional resources for the performing hospitals and for general practitioners who struggle on shoestring budgets.
    Popescu说，其中一个建议就是关闭表现不佳的单位以确保表现较好的医院和挣扎在资金极少的全科医生获得额外资源。
13. You can create a marketing campaign on a shoestring budget.
    你可以创造一个营销活动在有限的经费。
14. We've been living on a shoestring since my husband lost his job.
    我丈夫失业后，我们一直精打细算过日子。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. Since my father stopped sending me money, I've been living on a shoestring.
    自从父亲停止寄钱给之后，我就一直过着很艰苦的生活。
19. In the early years, the business was run on a shoestring.
    早年，这家店铺是小本经营的。
20. He started his business on a shoestring and built it up. And then branched out into other sports products.
    他以小本经营创业，并逐渐扩展业务。然后逐渐扩展出其他的运动产品。
21. She made the film on a shoestring budget.
    她靠一笔金额极小的预算把片子拍出来了。
22. Meanwhile, as the spies and soldiers are showered with money, conventional diplomacy and development aid have been run on a relative shoestring.
    与此同时，由于美国在间谍和士兵身上投入了大量资金，传统的外交和发展援助工作经费相对不足。
23. 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。
24. He missed an attempt for a shoestring catch and the ball rolled to the bullpen.
    他错过了球快落地时抢接的机会，球滚到场外替补队热身区去了。
25. He started his business on a shoestring.
    他以小资本开始做生意。
26. She decorated her house on a shoestring.
    她装修房子花了很少钱。
27. A company that started on a shoestring.
    以芯经营开始的公司。
28. You can implement practically any idea on a shoestring budget, but you'll need savings, good credit and a solid plan to start.
    你可以以小笔预算来确实执行任何创意，但是要创意你要有储蓄，良好的信用和可靠的计划。
29. I asked for holding up to my badminton opponent, because I wanted to tie my shoestring.
    我要求我的羽毛球对手等一下，以便我系鞋带。

n.

on a shoestring

• 以极少的钱
  using very little money
  1. In the early years, the business was run on a shoestring.
     早年，这家店铺是小本经营的。

noun

1. a lace used for fastening shoes

   Synonym:    shoelaceshoe laceshoe string

2. a small amount of money
   1. he managed it on a shoestring

   Synonym:    shoe string