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one's pocketbook
pocketbook可指经济收入或钱包，此处为比喻用法。
The new tax policy will hit everyone's pocketbook.
新税收政策将影响每个人的钱袋。
个人财力；经济来源
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个人财力；经济来源
a person's financial resources or money available
The new tax policy will hit everyone's pocketbook.
新税收政策将影响每个人的钱袋。
个人预算或财务能力；能负担的金额
One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
小书,尤其是(美国)平装书或(英国)能放进口袋的笔记本
A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).
I bought a pocketbook of poems to read on the train.
我买了一本诗歌口袋书，在火车上读。
This small pocketbook fits easily into a coat pocket.
这本小口袋书很容易放进外套口袋。
She found an old pocketbook on the shelf and flipped through its pages.
她在书架上发现一本旧的口袋书，翻阅起来。
pocketbook可指经济收入或钱包，此处为比喻用法。
The new tax policy will hit everyone's pocketbook.
新税收政策将影响每个人的钱袋。
pocketbook用作定语，强调与经济利益相关。
Healthcare is a pocketbook issue for many families.
医疗保健对许多家庭来说是经济问题。
在美国英语中，pocketbook常指女用钱包或手袋。
She pulled out her pocketbook to pay.
她掏出钱包付钱。
Not this
His pocketbooks are limited.
Use this
His pocketbook is limited.
pocketbook 作为'经济来源'时为不可数名词，不能加复数 -s。此处应使用单数形式表示整体财力。
Not this
She pocketbooked her money.
Use this
She put her money in her pocketbook.
pocketbook 是名词，不能作动词使用。应使用动词短语 'put ... in her pocketbook' 表达'把钱放进钱包'。
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使某人在经济上受损；打击某人的钱包
Higher interest rates hit homeowners in the pocketbook.
利率上升使房主在经济上受到打击。
经济方面的担忧；金钱上的关切
Pocketbook concerns are the top issue for many voters.
经济问题是许多选民最关心的问题。
对财力的消耗；沉重的经济负担
Car repairs are a real drain on the pocketbook.
汽车维修确实是笔不小的开销。
基于切身经济利益的投票
The candidate appealed to the pocketbook vote with promises of tax cuts.
这位候选人以减税的承诺来争取那些关注切身利益的选民。
袖珍版；口袋本
This classic is now available in a pocketbook edition.
这本经典著作现在有袖珍版。
袖珍词典；口袋词典
My grandfather always carried a pocketbook dictionary to look up unfamiliar words.
我祖父总是随身携带一本袖珍词典来查找不熟悉的词。
涉及个人经济利益的问题；钱包议题
The economy was the pocketbook issue that decided the election.
经济是决定这次选举结果的切身利益问题。
影响某人的经济状况；使某人破财
The tax increase really hit them in the pocketbook.
增税确实让他们的经济受到了影响。
慷慨解囊；打开钱包
We need to open our pocketbook for the charity.
我们需要为慈善慷慨解囊。
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pocket（口袋）+ book（书）：能装进口袋的书，也指你口袋里可花的钱（预算）。
语域：mixed 常见场景：personal finance discussions、everyday conversations about what one can afford、publishing industry and bookstores、reading pocket-sized editions pocketbook 有两个常见义项：一指“个人财力或可负担金额”，多用于日常谈钱或消费的场合；二指“袖珍本、口袋书”，常见于出版或购书语境。整体语气中性，但具体含义需根据上下文判断。
可数名词，常指钱包或经济来源。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.