Word · Frequency #12623
pocketbook
个人财力；经济来源
a person's financial resources or money available
- 1.
One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
个人预算或财务能力；能负担的金额
- 2.
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).
小书,尤其是(美国)平装书或(英国)能放进口袋的笔记本
袖珍平装书；口袋书；个人预算或财务能力；能负担的金额；小书,尤其是(美国)平装书或(英国)能放进口袋的笔记本；笔记本；钱袋
In use
I bought a pocketbook of poems to read on the train.
This small pocketbook fits easily into a coat pocket.
She found an old pocketbook on the shelf and flipped through its pages.
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。
pocketbook issue
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。
a pocketbook
在美国英语中，pocketbook常指女用钱包或手袋。
Connections
Collocations
- hit someone in the pocketbook
- 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。
- pocketbook concerns
- 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。
- a drain on the pocketbook
- 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。
- pocketbook vote
- 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。
- pocketbook edition
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pocket（口袋）+ book（书）：能装进口袋的书，也指你口袋里可花的钱（预算）。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常指钱包或经济来源。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -book 结尾，末尾读音都是 /bʊk/（在复合词中通常轻读），适合与 pocketbook 的词尾比较。注意 pocket 虽拼写是 pocketbook 的开头，但读 /ˈpɒkɪt/，词尾不同；bookkeeper 以 book- 开头，但结尾是 /kiːpə/，也不匹配。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.