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 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。
• She is a strong woman, holding the purse strings.
  她是个女强人，掌握着经济大权。
• He holds the purse strings in the family.
  他在家里掌管财权。
• 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。
• Retailers also fared well as consumers began to loosen those proverbial purse strings.
  零售商的状况也不错，消费者开始放松捂紧的钱包。
• 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。
• I hold the purse strings, you see.
  你看，我掌握了钱袋口的绳子呢。
• He's loosening his purse strings to gain more popularity.
  他在掏腰包买知名度。