英语词汇“nickel-and-dime”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | adjective

nickel-and-dimeˈnickel-and-dime1 verb [transitive] disapproving

VERB TABLE

nickel-and-dime

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	nickel-and-dime
	he, she, it	nickel-and-dimes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	nickel-and-dimed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have nickel-and-dimed
	he, she, it	has nickel-and-dimed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had nickel-and-dimed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will nickel-and-dime
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have nickel-and-dimed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am nickel-and-diming
	he, she, it	is nickel-and-diming
	you, we, they	are nickel-and-diming
Past	I, he, she, it	was nickel-and-diming
	you, we, they	were nickel-and-diming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been nickel-and-diming
	he, she, it	has been nickel-and-diming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been nickel-and-diming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be nickel-and-diming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been nickel-and-diming

to not give enough attention or money to something, with the result that it is not dealt with effectively: “Banks are trying to nickel-and-dime their customers with fees,” said Cohn, an analyst.

verb | adjective

nickel-and-dimenickel-and-dime2 adjective [only before noun] informal not large, important, or effective enough, especially not involving enough money SYN cheap: We face big problems that can’t be solved with nickel-and-dime solutions.