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

• Only the federal government can fill the demand gap, and if it is too parsimonious and the recession returns, the deficit would get much worse.
  只有联邦政府才能够填补需求缺口，可是如果政府花钱太节俭，经济衰退又卷土重来那时的赤字将会更加严重。
• Used in this manner, the feature-based approach is probably the most parsimonious requirements gathering process.
  以这种方式使用，基于功能特性的方法很可能是最节约的需求收集过程。
• General manager Uli Hoeness is very risk-averse and strangely parsimonious in the transfer-market.
  赫胖非常害怕风险，在转会市场上异乎寻常的吝啬。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is a shame because the basic conceit of the book is parsimonious and clever.
  这点真是可惜，因为这本书本身的基本想法还是比较节制和巧妙的。
• Based on the recursive extended least squares ( RELS) estimation of the model parameters, the F-test detectors for obtaining model order, suborder and time delay are given, and the parsimonious parameter models are also given.
  根据模型参数的递推增广最小二乘法（RELS）估计，给出了确定模型的阶、子阶和时滞的F检验判决器，且可得到节省参数模型。
• 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；
• 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。