purse strings

基本解释

• 管钱；控制财权；钱袋口上的绳子

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• 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。

原声例句

• Conrad also appeared on This Week. The U.S.Constitution gives Congress power over the nation's purse strings.

权威例句

• 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

词组短语

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

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.