Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.

政府吝啬被指责是食品标准下降的原因。

Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching unripe peaches.

购物者只要在农产品部门发现一个很喜欢说话的邻居在捏未熟的桃子，就应该考虑假装自己在打电话。

Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt.

弗里达咧嘴笑了，在他屁股上拧了一把。

My sister's always pinching me and it really hurts.

我姐姐老拧我，好痛喔。

Higher interest rates are already pinching the housing industry.

提高利率已使住房产业不堪负荷。

Penny pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

精打细算的英国消费者会选择 Aldi 和 Lidl 等折扣店的廉价产品，而不是奢侈品。

Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

精打细算的英国消费者们会从折扣店里选择更加廉价的产品，比如 Aldi 和 Lidl，而不是其他奢侈的店铺。

If the thighbone doesn't rotate enough, you'll apply huge pinching pressure to the meniscus—as if your shinbone and thighbone were a giant pair of pliers.

如果大腿骨旋转不够充分，你会把巨大的拧压施加到到半月板上——胫骨和大腿骨就好像一把巨大的钳子。

He led his life, pinching and scraping.

他省吃俭用地过日子。

His pinching bruised the peaches.

他的捏拧擦伤了桃子的表面。

"You're pinching," I say.

“你掐一下，”我说。

It was like a hand pinching an arm numbed by an injection.

这就像一只手掐住了扎针引起麻木的胳膊一样。

Poor thing had bruises all up her arms, due to I started pinching her.

可怜她的胳膊上到处都是伤痕，全是我给掐的。

Do you really think he was pinching Magic Johnson's waistline every day?

你们真觉得他会天天给魔术师约翰逊量腰围？

Take your hand like you're pinching your nose because of something smelly.

用手压住鼻孔就像闻到臭味时那样。

At a time when many are pinching pennies, customers are noticing the new charges.

在人人都捂紧钱袋的这个时候，客户们都注意到新增费用。

He can't be counted on to respond to my pinching, even when it produces a bruise.

尽管我十分用力地拧他的手臂他也不会有回应。他老是忘记我的暗示就算被拧得瘀青都不会记得。

Zooming on the iPhone is done via two different gestures - pinching and double-tapping.

在iPhone里缩放有两种方法，一种是双击、另一种是捏。

“What about pinching yourself?” Megan rolled her eyes as she said that. “You wake up?”

“那你为什么不掐自己一下呢？”梅金翻着眼皮儿说，“还是你醒醒吧！”

But Vegas is suffering - visitor Numbers have fallen as penny-pinching gamblers stay away.

但是拉斯维加斯正处于困境，因为囊中羞涩的赌徒不再光顾，此地旅客人数锐减。

What's more, the penny-pinching has nothing much to do with the fact that Britain is skint.

更要紧的是，这吝啬基本不是因为英国真的是个穷光蛋。

If you say someone is penny-pinching, you mean that they don't want to spend money on things.

Penny pinching的意思啊，就是说一个人特别小气，不愿意花钱。

Particularly in the cheaper establishments, a certain amount of groping and pinching may be involved.

尤其在一些更廉价的招待场所，一定数量的违规操作和潜规则或将涉及其中。

Breath control is sometimes effected by pinching off a person's nostrils and covering his mouth with a hand.

窒息游戏有时候是通过捏住一个人的鼻孔，用手捂住嘴来完成的。

But black Americans are still pinching themselves, still not quite able to believe what has been achieved.

但美国黑人仍在折磨自己，仍不肯完全相信他们已经达到的成就。

Japanese firms have tried to be as penny-pinching on pay in their foreign operations as they have at home.

日本企业在外国试图像它们在国内那样小气。

Keep it fresh longer by adding a pinch of salt to the carton, pinching the spout closed and gently shaking to mix.

我们可以往打开的牛奶盒里加一点盐来保持其新鲜，加盐后小心把盒子收口并轻摇使其混合。