| 释义 | a nip (here) and a tuck (there)idiomUSinformal
 a series of small reductions: 一系列小幅缩减
 The department made a nip here and a tuck there, but they were still way over budget.这个部门实施了一系列小幅缩减,但他们的开支还是远远超出预算。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Becoming and making smaller or less
 abridgment
 attenuate
 attenuated
 attenuating
 attenuation
 compress
 contraction
 dwindle
 dwindling
 ease
 ease someone's mindidiom
 ease up/off
 halve
 reduce
 reducible
 reduction
 resize
 retreat
 trough
 tumble
 
 
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