nickel-and-dime
参考词典中nickel-and-dime的常规释义：
基本释义
- vt. 【美】【口】小气地花钱;一点一滴地消耗
Weekly repairs on my old Chevy were nickel-and-diming me to death.
每个星期修我那部雪佛兰老爷车一点一滴地把我榨穷了。
a. 【美】【口】便宜的;琐碎的;微末的
I had to make some nickel-and-dime repairs on my old Chevy.
我那辆雪佛兰老爷车需要不少零零星星的修理。
英英解释
动词解释：
- spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
- accumulate gradually
- she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family
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- of minor importance
- a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room
- a small-time actor
- low-paying
- a nickel-and-dime job
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