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

• The budget committee is in the process of tightening the purse strings.
  预算委员会正在紧缩开支。
• But any transfer of capital to banks from the public purse must come with the necessary strings attached to realise their public purpose.
  但是，从公共金库到银行的任何资金转移，都必须附带必要的条件，以实现其公共目的。
• He's loosening his purse strings to gain more popularity.
  他在掏腰包买知名度。
• Since the global financial crisis left Russia and America struggling with their budgets, China has loosened its purse strings to offer Central Asia a helping hand.
  全球金融危机促使俄罗斯和美国对预算缩减，中国增加了对中亚地区的援助。
• 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。
• Although I earn the pay, it's my wife who holds the purse strings.
  虽然薪水是我赚的，掌握薪水袋的却是我太太。
• Retailers may be hoping that shoppers will loosen their purse strings in the run-up to Christmas, but consumers are likely to remain cautious about spending given the uncertain economic outlook.
  零售商们也许希望消费者将随着圣诞节的来临增加消费，但是消费者却可能因不明朗的经济形势而保持消费谨慎。
• He holds the purse strings in the family.
  他在家里掌管财权。
• Faced with huge difficulties of their own, banks have tightened their purse strings, lending less and driving up the cost of credit to consumers and corporations.
  面对自身巨大的经济问题，银行收紧了钱袋，减少贷款并且将信贷成本转嫁给个人和企业。
• 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？