1American EnglishAmE the amount of money that you have, or your ability to pay for things 钱;收入;财力SYN British English pocket
The aim was to provide a car for every age and pocketbook.
目标是为每个年龄层和收入层的人士提供汽车。
Older voters are most concerned about pocketbook issues (=that concern money).
年纪较大的选民最关心钱的问题。
2.American EnglishAmE old-fashionedDC a handbag 女用手袋
3.American EnglishAmE old-fashionedD a wallet 皮夹,钱包
4.TCNBritish EnglishBrE old-fashioned a notebook 笔记本
Examples from the Corpus
pocketbook• Four million copies have been distributed in a pocketbook form.• She clutches her pocketbook nervously and squints into the shadows.• She takes car keys out of her pocketbook.• But hardly able to stand such an insult, she returns, mightily testing both his faith and his pocketbook.• They turn my pocketbook all out.• Decisions made in any of these places can hit our pocketbooks and our peace of mind, for better or for worse.• Arizona voterschecked their pocketbooks, looked for a fresh face and embraced Steve Forbes on Tuesday.
(NAmE) VERB + POCKETBOOK | POCKETBOOK + NOUNVERB + POCKETBOOK➤open (oftenfigurative) 打開錢包◇The government opened its pocketbook to the US military.政府向美國軍方打開了錢包。➤hit sb in影響某人的經濟利益◇Increased maintenance costs are hitting building owners in the pocketbooks.越來越高的維護費讓業主們蒙受着經濟損失。POCKETBOOK + NOUN➤issue收入問題◇Unemployment is the leading pocketbook issue for most voters.對於大多數選民來說,失業是影響他們收入的首要問題。