parsimonious

英 [ˌpɑːsɪˈməʊniəs]

美 [ˌpɑːrsɪˈmoʊniəs]

adj.  悭吝的; 吝啬的; 小气的

BNC.33566 / COCA.26783

牛津词典

adj.

• 悭吝的；吝啬的；小气的
  extremely unwilling to spend money

柯林斯词典

• 小气的；吝啬的
  Someone who isparsimoniousis very unwilling to spend money.

英英释义

adj

• excessively unwilling to spend
  1. parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
  2. lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
  Synonym:penurious

双语例句

• The normally parsimonious finance ministry may thus be prepared to loosen the purse strings to "buy" sufficient growth to get the tax increase implemented.
  通常出手吝啬的财务省，可能因此要准备慷慨解囊了，好“买到”可观的增长，让增税计划得以实施。
• Conclusion The parsimonious mutagenesis of CDR 3 could significantly improve the affinity of antibody.
  结论CDR3区的限定性突变可显著提高抗体亲和力。
• My dad's always a bit parsimonious with the gin!
  我老爸对那杜松子酒总是有点吝啬！
• Adulterating the very wine with which she's feasting me and her other lifelong fellows, she embodied the definition of being parsimonious. ( UTOYXC)
  在宴请我和她的挚友们的酒中加水，她真把小气和吝啬表现得淋漓尽致。
• At home he was churlish, parsimonious, and cruel to his daughters.
  他在家中对女儿粗暴、吝啬，而且残酷。
• The communication between machines, the program copy function, a large number of parsimonious time manually doing the program;
  机器之间通讯，程式拷贝功用，大量俭省手动做程式的时间；
• I do not like these parsimonious mean spirited person.
  我不喜欢那些又吝啬又小气的人。
• China is parsimonious with foreign ownership of A-shares, ruling out the option of swapping hard-currency shares for renminbi-denominated stock.
  中国对外资持有a股颇为吝啬，因此排除了用硬通货计价股票交换人民币计价股票的选择。
• The appropriations committee, suddenly and ill-advisedly parsimonious, cut funds for assistance to the disadvantaged.
  拨款委员会突然地和不明智地节俭地裁减对生活水平低的人的援助。
• In the longer term, making China less parsimonious and the US less voracious means re-engineering both economies.
  从长期看，让中国变得不那么吝啬，美国不那么贪婪，意味着两个经济体都要接受改造。