pocketbook

US [ˈpɑkɪtˌbʊk]
UK [ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk]
  • n.财力；记事本；小笔记本
  • Web袖珍本；皮夹；钱包
Plural Form：pocketbooks  

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pocketbook
n.
1.
（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.)
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。
The increase is likely to hit the pocketbooks of consumers.
提价可能会砸到消费者的钱袋子。
2.
记事本；小笔记本a small book for writing in

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1.
All of his purchases of recent years had to be liquidated at a great sacrifice both to his healt h and his pocketbook.
近年来他所购买的全部东西都不得不用来清偿债务。这对他的健康和钱包都是损失。
jìn nián lái tā suǒ gòu mǎi de quán bù dōng xi dōu bù dé bù yòng lái qīng cháng zhài wù 。 zhè duì tā de jiàn kāng hé qián bāo dōu shì sǔn shī 。
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2.
Politics was no longer simply a pocketbook issue but amoral issue as well, subject to moral imperatives and moralabsolutes.
政治不再是完全围绕着经济展开，也与道德问题息息相关，受到道德责任和道德至上理念的制约。
zhèng zhì bú zài shì wán quán wéi rào zhe jīng jì zhǎn kāi , yě yǔ dào dé wèn tí xī xī xiāng guān , shòu dào dào dé zé rèn hé dào dé zhì shàng lǐ niàn de zhì yuē 。
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3.
The restaurant to which he has agreed to take his luncheon date is far too expensive for his small pocketbook.
他同意去履行他的午餐约会的那个餐馆对于他的小口袋来说真是太贵了。
tā tóng yì qù lǚ xíng tā de wǔ cān yuē huì de nà ge cān guǎn duì yú tā de xiǎo kǒu dài lái shuō zhēn shì tài guì le 。
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4.
Grab any opportunity of practicing English. Take notes of any newly learned English expression in a personal pocketbook.
抓住机会练习英文。任何新学到的英文用语立即记在个人的小册子里。
zhuā zhù jī huì liàn xí yīng wén 。 rèn hé xīn xué dào de yīng wén yòng yǔ lì jí jì zài gè rén de xiǎo cè zi lǐ 。
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5.
while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter.
这时，他掏出一只破旧的黑色小皮夹子，开始一个先令一个便士地数着硬币，把它们放在柜台上。
zhè shí , tā tāo chū yī zhī pò jiù de hēi sè xiǎo pí jiā zi , kāi shǐ yī gè xiān lìng yī gè biàn shì de shǔ zhe yìng bì , bǎ tā men fàng zài guì tái shàng 。
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6.
It would be impossible to do that much business if everything had to be paid for with currency or pocketbook money.
倘若什么东西都得用现金或钱包里的钱来支付的话，要进行巨额的交易是不可能的。
tǎng ruò shén me dōng xi dōu dé yòng xiàn jīn huò qián bāo lǐ de qián lái zhī fù de huà , yào jìn xíng jù é de jiāo yì shì bù kě néng de 。
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7.
when this woman- this blonde planet with a pocketbook- starts yelling at me.
一个带着一本书的金发女人开始对我大叫。
yī gè dài zhe yī běn shū de jīn fà nǚ rén kāi shǐ duì wǒ dà jiào 。
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8.
I've always wondered if I hadn't taken my pocketbook with me, if I would have gone back for it.
我一直在想，如果我当时返回办公室去取没有随身带好的钱包，结果会怎样？
wǒ yì zhí zài xiǎng , rú guǒ wǒ dāng shí fǎn huí bàn gōng shì qù qǔ méi yǒu suí shēn dài hǎo de qián bāo , jié guǒ huì zěn yàng ?
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9.
Take notes of any newly learned English expression in a personal pocketbook.
把所有新学到的英语用语记在个人的小册子里。
bǎ suǒ yǒu xīn xué dào de yīng yǔ yòng yǔ jì zài gè rén de xiǎo cè zi lǐ 。
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10.
Another Azul innovation also touches the pocketbook: Many Brazilians have no credit cards.
阿苏尔的另外一项创新还涉及了付费方式：大部分巴西人没有信用卡。
ā sū ěr de lìng wài yī xiàng chuàng xīn hái shè jí le fù fèi fāng shì : dà bù fen bā xī rén méi yǒu xìn yòng kǎ 。
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