| 词汇 | purse |
| 释义 | purse noun uk/pɜːs/ us/pɝːs/ (CONTAINER) A2 [ C ] UK (US change purse)（常指女用）钱包 a small container for money, usually used by a woman a leather purse 皮革钱包 Compare: wallet [ C ] US （尤指女式）手提包，手袋 a handbag
(AMOUNT TO SPEND) [ C usually singular ]（机构或政府的）备用金，可用的资金，财力 the total amount of money that an organization or government has available for spending Having a lot of people out of work places a large drain on the public purse. 大量人口失业使政府的财力消耗很大。 (PRIZE) [ C ]（体育竞赛中的）奖金 an amount of money that is offered as a prize in a sports competition The players in the golf tournament are competing for a purse of £525,000. 参加本次高尔夫锦标赛的选手正在为52.5万英镑的奖金而展开争夺。 Idiom the purse stringsidiom 开支，花费 the spending of money by a family, company, or country A recent survey showed that in 53 percent of families, women hold (= control) the purse strings. 最近一项调查表明，在53%的家庭里由女人掌管开支。 purse verb [ T ] uk/pɜːs/ us/pɝːs/ 撅（嘴） to bring your lips tightly together so that they form a rounded shape, usually as an expression of disapproval "I don't approve of that kind of language," she said, pursing her lips. “我不赞成那样子说话，”她撅着嘴说。 |
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