pocketbook

英 [ˈpɒkɪtbʊk]

美 [ˈpɑːkɪtbʊk]

n.  (个人或国家的)财政状况，财力，钱袋子; 记事本; 小笔记本

TOEFL

COCA.12623

牛津词典

noun

• （个人或国家的）财政状况，财力，钱袋子
  used to refer to the financial situation of a person or country. (In the past it was a small flat case for carrying papers or money.)
  1. Many foreign goods are too expensive for American pocketbooks.
     许多外国货都太贵，与一般美国人的财力不符。
  2. The increase is likely to hit the pocketbooks of consumers.
     提价可能会砸到消费者的钱袋子。
• 记事本；小笔记本
  a small book for writing in
• 记事本；小笔记本
  a small book for writing in

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 经济来源；进账；收入
  You can usepocketbookto refer to people's concerns about the money they have or hope to earn.
  1. People feel pinched in their pocketbooks and insecure about their futures.
     人们感到荷包拮据，对未来缺乏安全感。
  2. ...the voters' concerns over pocketbook issues.
     选民对收入问题的关注
• 女用手提包
  Apocketbookis a small bag which a woman uses to carry things such as her money and keys in when she goes out.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 handbag, bag


• 皮夹子；钱包
  Apocketbookis a small flat folded case, usually made of leather or plastic, where you can keep banknotes and credit cards.

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 wallet

英英释义

noun

• a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
  1. she reached into her bag and found a comb
  Synonym:baghandbagpurse
• pocket-sized paperback book
  Synonym:pocket bookpocket edition
• a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
  Synonym:walletbillfoldnotecase
• your personal financial means
  1. that car is too expensive for my pocketbook

双语例句

• It's all there except for a little pocketbook with your monogram on it.
  您的东西全在里面，除了一只小皮夹子，上面有您名字的起首字母。
• EasyCruise, a new cruise line which sails around Greece, makes a cruise trip "easy" on the pocketbook too.
  轻松休闲游，是一项新的旅游航线，它航行到希腊。作为这条旅游线路成为“休闲”是基于经济的考虑。
• People feel pinched in their pocketbooks and insecure about their futures.
  人们感到荷包拮据，对未来缺乏安全感。
• Husband said the wife had300 bucks in the pocketbook.
  丈夫说他妻子钱包里有300块钱。
• He brought out o his coat a pocketbook bound by a leather thong.
  他从上衣兜里掏出一个用皮条扎起来的皮夹子。
• Slowly, though, happier realizations come to her. It was like she was a pocketbook shaken upside down and emotions were spilling all over the place.
  然而，慢慢地，她开始领略到快乐，仿佛把钱包里的情感抖落四处。
• Gerald was likable, and the neighbors learned in time what the children, Negroes and dogs discovered at first sight, that a kind heart, a ready and sympathetic ear and an open pocketbook lurked just behind his bawling voice and his truculent manner.
  杰拉尔德是可爱的，邻居们很快便知道，连他们的孩子，黑奴和狗都一眼就看出这个尽管大喊大叫，举止粗野，但实际上是个好心肠的人，慷慨大方，乐意倾听别人的话。
• And as a result of that economic incentive, somebody's making money at the expense of the patient's pocketbook, but more importantly at the expense of the patient's health.
  作为那种经济利益驱动的后果，一些人以病人的金钱为代价赚钱，不过更重要的是以病人的健康为代价。
• Conley isn't shy about saying the ascents are tough, but his own story proves that feeding the soul and feeding the pocketbook are often best done together.
  康利不讳言登高之路备极艰辛，但他自己起死回生的经验证明，满足心灵与满足钱包的工作一起进行效果最佳。
• She was sitting a little sidewise, and in her pocketbook was the pistol, aimed at his belly.
  她就坐在近旁，而且她的手提包里装有手枪，正对着他的腹部。