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单词 nickel-and-dime
释义 nickel-and-dime
I. adjective
1. : involving or offering only a small amount of money
 < nickel-and-dime insurance claims >
 < nickel-and-dime jobs >
2. : small-time
 < nickel-and-dime dealers >
II. transitive verb
(nickeled-and-dimed or nickel-and-dimed ; nickeled-and-dimed or nickel-and-dimed ; nickeling-and-diming or nickel-and-diming ; nickels-and-dimes or nickel-and-dimes)
: to impair, weaken, or defeat piecemeal (as through a series of small incursions or excessive attention to minor details)
 < nickeled-and-dimed the Democrats to defeat … upstate — Pittsburgh (Pa.) Press >
also : to pester, impoverish, or reduce by small sums
 < prove their mettle by nickel-and-diming your budget — W.G.McDonald >
 < wanted to nickel-and-dime its customers to death — J.C.Dvorak >
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