V-I If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough. 节省
Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
为了交每月的租金，许多家庭不得不节省食物和其他必需品的支出。
A recent study found that female teens who skimped on sleep had a different diet than their well-rested counterparts.
一项最新研究发现：缺乏睡眠的女孩与其他作息好的同龄女孩在饮食上有差异。
The team simply skimped on avoidable costs, such as talent scouts, and raked in revenues from the rest of the league.
这支队伍在诸如挖掘人才这类可避免的成本上能省就省，还从联盟其他球队的收入中轻易滩获得了巨大利益。
But as the pictures from inside Facebook's new offices show, the company appears to have skimped on the soft furnishings.
但据Facebook新址的室内照片显示，该网站似乎在室内陈设上很吝啬。
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