柯林斯詞典purse strings 1. N-PLURAL If you say that someone holds or controls the purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country. (家庭、團躰或國家的)財政['the' N] Women control the purse strings of most families. 在大多數(shù)家庭中，女人掌控著財政大權。 返回 purse strings