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

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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

• He ate the roll and opened the pocketbook.
  他吃了面包，把笔记本打开。
• She's gonna put the card in her pocketbook.
  她要把牌放进她的钱包里。
• So please, ask yourselves, for your health, for your pocketbook, for the environment, for the animals, what's stopping you from giving weekday veg a shot?
  所以，问问自己，为了你的健康、你的钱包、环境、动物等着想，你还有什麽理由不试一下上班日吃素？
• 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。
• 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。
• All right, hurry up and give me your watch and pocketbook then!
  这样啊，那么赶快吧你的手表和钱包交给我！
• The pocketbook that had my name and the letter from my publisher.
  那里有我的名字和出版商的信。
• I dried my hands and took out my pocketbook from the inside of my tunic hanging on the wall.
  我揩干手，从挂在墙上的制服里掏出皮夹子来。
• Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn list to the group.
  接着，另一个同学维姬从手提袋里取出钱包，给大家看那张已经磨损了的纸。
• 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。