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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many were less thrilled before they attended, forced to participate by parents who control the purse strings.
  很多孩子之前并不感兴趣，是在管钱的父母的逼迫下才去听课的。
• Many are holding purse strings tightly in the current regulatory environment.
  在当前的监管环境下，大多数人节省开支。
• I hold the purse strings, you see.
  你看，我掌握了钱袋口的绳子呢。
• She is a strong woman, holding the purse strings.
  她是个女强人，掌握着经济大权。
• He's loosening his purse strings to gain more popularity.
  他在掏腰包买知名度。
• The normally parsimonious finance ministry may thus be prepared to loosen the purse strings to "buy" sufficient growth to get the tax increase implemented.
  通常出手吝啬的财务省，可能因此要准备慷慨解囊了，好“买到”可观的增长，让增税计划得以实施。
• 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。