1.〈口〉用很少的钱,只有很少的钱
1.<spoken>using or having a very small amount of money
1.The effort ran on a shoestring. There was no mechanism for taking contributions , no offices or bookkeeping system .
茶党的活动经费很少，没有建立一个接受社会捐赠的机制，没有办公场所，也不记账。
2.He started his business on a shoestring. It took a lot of hard work and clever planning to build up it up to where it is today.
他的公司是小本经营开办起来的，经过不少的艰苦劳动和苦心规划，才发展到今天这个样子。
3.Like most of his classmates, Scott tries to get by on a shoestring and manages to earn enough in odd jobs to pay some expenses.
和他的大多数同学一样，斯科特试着花极少的钱，并打些零工支付基本费用。
4.Everything she was about to become was already apparent, even on a shoestring budget.
每一件事她打算成为的显而易见，甚至在只有极少预算的情况下。
5.She is running a boutique business on a shoestring budget. She even made a brochure for the items in her shop.
她在经营小成本的精品店生意，还做了小册子，介绍她店里的东西。
6.An American science student has captured images of the curvature of the Earth after sending a balloon into space on a shoestring budget.
美国一名理科生投入小成本向太空发射了一个气球，拍摄到地球表面图像。
7.Over the past decade many online journals and article repositories have emerged that are run on a shoestring.
在过去十年中，许多线上期刊和文库的经营举步维艰，勉强糊口。
8.They may have fond memories of backpacking around India or Guatemala on a shoestring during their younger days.
他们可能回忆起年轻时在印度或危地马拉省吃俭用背包旅行的经历。
9.But you know I am living on a shoestring these days.
但你知道这久我手头紧。
10.Concern that the army is fighting two wars on a shoestring budget refuses to go away.
军队只用了极少的预算，却打着两场战争，人们对此的担忧挥之不去。