1·When father lost his job, our living expenses had to be cut to the bone.
父亲失业后， 我们不得不把生活费用减低到最低限度。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·Train services have been cut to the bone.
列车车次已大幅度减少。
3·He has to cut, clip, and curtail his monthly spending; he has had his budget cut to the bone.
他必须削减他的每月开支；他把预算已减到最低程度。
4·Compared to the older dials, I dare say that the pre-A dial is even more balanced and cut to the bone.
相比老一辈表盘，我敢说，预拨号更均衡和削减到骨头。
5·A huge butcher block was used to trim fat from the federal budget, which was sometimes cut to the bone.
一个巨大的砧板用来从联邦预算上休整肥肉，有时候却切到骨头里。
6·That's an expensive piece of equipment, dude. And the rest of us have had our budgets cut to the bone.
老兄，那玩意儿可不便宜。而我们的预算经费被剥削了。
7·Do want to be scalded by its fervent point but broilling hot by it, otherwise be ice-cold cut to the bone sometimes?
有时想让它热情点却被它的灼热给烫伤，否则就是冰凉刺骨？
8·The blade would bite into him with a sort of burning coldness, and even the fingers that held it would be cut to the bone.
刮胡子刀片就可以割破喉管，又冷又麻，甚至拿着刀片的手指也会割破，割到骨头上。
9·The competition between the supermarkets in the high street was such that the prices of many products were cut to the bone leaving practically no profit-margin .
大街上超市之间竞争相当激烈，许多商品的价格已降到最低价，实际上已无利可图了。
10·ECONOMISTS tend to think that an industry divided between hundreds of players, each with a tiny market share, should be fiercely competitive, with prices cut to the bone.
经济学家倾向于这样的观点：拥有成百上千的市场参与者且每个参与者占有极小市场份额的行业一定竞争非常激烈、价格较低。