purse strings

英 [ˈpɜːs strɪŋz]

美 [ˈpɜːrs strɪŋz]

n.  资金(或支出)的管理

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 资金（或支出）的管理
  a way of referring to money and how it is controlled or spent
  1. Who holds the purse strings in your house?
     你们家里谁管钱？
  2. The government will have to tighten the purse strings (= spend less) .
     政府将不得不紧缩开支。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 资金的支配；财权
  If you say that someone holds or controlsthe purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country.
  1. Women control the purse-strings of most families...
     大多数家庭由女性掌握财政大权。
  2. The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
     银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。

双语例句

• These entrepreneurs were worried about the slump and the tight purse strings of the banks but about China?
  与会企业家担心经济低迷和银行收紧银根而关于中国呢？
• The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
  银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。
• She is a strong woman, holding the purse strings.
  她是个女强人，掌握着经济大权。
• I ca n't offer you any more money because I do n't hold the purse strings.
  我不能再多给你钱了，因为我在经济上做不了主。
• I hold the purse strings, you see.
  你看，我掌握了钱袋口的绳子呢。
• The politicians who control federal purse strings; tightened the corporate purse strings.
  控制联邦资金支入的政客；节省公司的钱财。
• He's loosening his purse strings to gain more popularity.
  他在掏腰包买知名度。
• Men still make the most money in the average household, but it's women who control the purse strings.
  如今在普通家庭中，男人仍然是主要的经济支柱，但女人却掌握着家中的财政大权。
• He holds the purse strings in the family.
  他在家里掌管财权。
• I spent most of my salary this month on a computer, so I'll have to tighten up my purse strings for a couple of months.
  这个月工资大部分我都用来买电脑了，所以下面几个月我要勒紧裤腰带了。