Oakland has been reeling from financial crisis and has been nickel-and-diming essential services for years.

奥克兰正从金融危机中解脱出来，该市已经在基本服务上挣扎多年了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"Angel, How can I get a gift you love......" dolphin painful Diming.

“天使，我要如何才能得到你爱的馈赠……”海豚痛苦的低鸣。

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The nickel-and-diming can be small (such as $5 for the hotel to accept a package for you) to rather large (think: mandatory valet parking for $50 a night, a notorious fee charged in San Francisco).

这些零碎的费用可能很少（例如酒店帮你接收包裹收费5美元），也可能很高（三藩市某家酒店强制收费，贴身侍应帮忙停车每晚收费50美元）。

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"And what I don't want to hear is when they're spending that kind of money on their shareholders and spending that kind of money on TV advertising that they're nickel-and-diming fishermen or small businesses here in the Gulf who are having a hard time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

And to add insult to injury the Marlins are nickel-and-diming taxpayers over capital repair costs.

FORBES: Connect

Airlines are nickel-and-diming passengers, and now a coalition of three travel advocacy groups is fighting back.

MSN: Flier frustration mounts over sky-high airline fees

And there should be more emphasis on reforms to deliver services more efficiently, less on measures that smack of nickel-and-diming a received agenda.

ECONOMIST: Britain's budget