purse strings

noun

1. 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。

1. N-PLURAL 资金的支配；财权
   If you say that someone holds or controls the 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。

1. The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
   银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。
2. 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。
3. Many were less thrilled before they attended, forced to participate by parents who control the purse strings.
   很多孩子之前并不感兴趣，是在管钱的父母的逼迫下才去听课的。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. I hold the purse strings, you see.
   你看，我掌握了钱袋口的绳子呢。
7. 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。
8. Faced with huge difficulties of their own, banks have tightened their purse strings, lending less and driving up the cost of credit to consumers and corporations.
   面对自身巨大的经济问题，银行收紧了钱袋，减少贷款并且将信贷成本转嫁给个人和企业。
9. 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。
10. You hold the purse strings of my husband's exhibition?
    你在我丈夫的展览中控制资金？
11. The budget committee is in the process of tightening the purse strings.
    预算委员会正在紧缩开支。
12. 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。
13. These entrepreneurs were worried about the slump and the tight purse strings of the banks but about China?
    与会企业家担心经济低迷和银行收紧银根而关于中国呢？
14. He's loosening his purse strings to gain more popularity.
    他在掏腰包买知名度。
15. Many are holding purse strings tightly in the current regulatory environment.
    在当前的监管环境下，大多数人节省开支。
16. He holds the purse strings in the family.
    他在家里掌管财权。
17. She is a strong woman, holding the purse strings.
    她是个女强人，掌握着经济大权。
18. I ca n't offer you any more money because I do n't hold the purse strings.
    我不能再多给你钱了，因为我在经济上做不了主。
19. Retailers may be hoping that shoppers will loosen their purse strings in the run-up to Christmas, but consumers are likely to remain cautious about spending given the uncertain economic outlook.
    零售商们也许希望消费者将随着圣诞节的来临增加消费，但是消费者却可能因不明朗的经济形势而保持消费谨慎。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。