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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But there should be no illusions: once legalised, that population will vote with its pocketbook, just like everybody else.
  但不应错误地认为：一旦获得合法身份，这些人口将和其他人一样为了自己的钱袋子投票。
• The 911 grew into a status symbol eventually a clich é for doctors, lawyers, and investment bankers of a certain mindset and pocketbook.
  它甚至成了一个身份的象征，是医生、律师、投行家等成功人士和富人的专宠。
• It was a millionaire's lifestyle on the pocketbook of a hairdresser ( People) By their standard, we could form 200 divisions out of our 1,200,000 men.
  基于理发师财力的是百万富翁的生活方式（民族）照他们的编法，我们一百二十万人的军队，就可以编二百个师。
• And how big your, uh* Pocketbook is.
  你口袋里的钞票而定。
• 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。