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 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。
• He's loosening his purse strings to gain more popularity.
  他在掏腰包买知名度。
• She is a strong woman, holding the purse strings.
  她是个女强人，掌握着经济大权。
• 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。
• 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 spent most of my salary this month on a computer, so I'll have to tighten up my purse strings for a couple of months.
  这个月工资大部分我都用来买电脑了，所以下面几个月我要勒紧裤腰带了。
• 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。
• Because, number one, they are the people in danger and, number two, they hold the purse strings – maybe they [ can] release money to compensate local law enforcement for providing security.
  因为，第一，国会议员是处于危险中的人，第二，国会管钱。他们大概能够拨款补贴地方执法部门，为国会议员配备保安。
• He holds the purse strings in the family.
  他在家里掌管财权。
• The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
  银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。