Hold the purse strings
控制费用,控制好钱包
🧩 词语组成解析
hold
[həuld]
vt. 拿住，握住;保留，保存;扣留，拘押;容纳;
vi. 拿住，握住;同意，赞成;保持不变;有效;
n. 握住;保留;控制;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
purse
[pɝs]
n. 钱包，钱袋;财力，财源;和包或钱袋相似的东西;女用小提包;
vt. 使皱起，噘起;
strings
[striŋz]
n. 乐队的弦乐器部;一串( string的名词复数 );一连串;线;一系列;
v. 装弦于，上弦( string的第三人称单数 );用线串;
🗣️ 情景例句
What is your favorite sport?
你最喜欢的运动是什么？
The feature started at 9 o'clock and ended at 11:30.
放映在9点钟开始了并且将在11:30结束了。
Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.
习惯与大自然和印第安人作斗争以求生存的拓荒者被政客、银行家和商人搞得晕头转向，最后被圈地、尖律我外来的清规戒律所击败。