If you're poor you have to economise.

没钱就得省吃俭用.

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He led his life , pinching and scraping.

他省吃俭用地过日子.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.

我们得省吃俭用来付帐.

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They had to skimp ( on everything ) to send their sons to college.

他们不得不省吃俭用以便送儿子进大学.

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They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.

为了送儿子上大学,他们不得不省吃俭用,拼命攒钱.

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He has fared hard and worked hard to make good everybody's loss.

他一向省吃俭用、辛辛苦苦,尽量让别人少受一些损失.

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In a period of mass unemployment a lot of people must learn to tighten their belts.

在大批人失业其间,很多人不得不束紧腰带,省吃俭用.

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We're cutting and contriving to make both ends meet.

我们正省吃俭用,以免入不敷出.

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Allerdings, da Diamanten sehr teuer sind , m ü ssen M? nner sehr stark sparen.

但是, 由于钻石非常昂贵,许多男性为了买一颗钻石必须省吃俭用.

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I and pinched and saved my way through college.

在大学期间我省吃俭用.

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Why don't you retrench then - scrape up, hoard , economise?

那么你为什么不节约一下 —— 积累一点, 储蓄一点, 省吃俭用一些 呢 ?

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In wartime everyone has to tighten their belts.

战争时期大家都必须省吃俭用.

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We have to pinch and scrape.

我们必须要省吃俭用.

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You see I am obliged to economize, in case your prosperity should cease.

你看,我不得不省吃俭用, 以防你的倒运.

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As it happens, we are saving a lot of money for retirement right now.

碰巧, 我们正在为退休而省吃俭用地攒钱.

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