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

• We read about the Easter egg hunt in the pocketbook.
  我们阅读了故事小书上的这一则：复活节-寻蛋游戏。
• 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。
• She's gonna put the card in her pocketbook.
  她要把牌放进她的钱包里。
• 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。
• 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。
• Compared to taking the elevator, walking the stairs cannot only improve our health but also our pocketbook.
  跟搭电梯比起来，走楼梯不仅能让我们健康，还能省下我们一笔钱。
• Just her name was enough to define a pair of shoes, a hat, a pocketbook, a suit, perfume, jewelry-an entire look.
  仅是她的名字就足以定义一双鞋、一顶帽子、一个钱袋、一套衣服、香水、珠宝&整个的外表。
• From sheer habit Paulie Gatto wondered just how he could go about hijacking that fat pocketbook.
  出于纯粹的习惯，泡利·加托想知道他要怎样才能走来走去地抢劫了那个鼓鼓的钱袋。
• 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。
• 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。