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 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。
• The general model provides the best fit to the data, while the environmental model is the second parsimonious model, perhaps due to complex mode of Body mass index inheritance;
  一般模型提供了最合适模型，环境模型是次之的严格模型，可能由于体重指数遗传模式的复杂性所致；
• Parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses; lived in a most penurious manner& denying himself every indulgence.
  少数慷慨的推动缓解了吝啬、节俭；以最节俭的方式生活&不让自己有任何放纵的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• German visitors are more parsimonious their stays in London cost on average 77 a night.
  德国游客在这方面相对节俭，他们在伦敦每晚住宿的平均消费为77英镑。
• 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；