parsimony 详细解释

parsimony

['pɑ:siməni]

n.过度节俭, 吝啬, 简约性

词义辨析

同义参见:

thrift  abstinence  

反义:

n.吝啬

generosity  

英英释义

名词 parsimony:

extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

同义词：parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching

extreme stinginess

同义词：meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness

补充

parsimonyparsimony英:[ˈpɑ:siməni] 美:[ˈpɑrsəˌmoni]n.1.异常俭省, 极度节俭2.吝啬, 小气

例句

1. Due to official parsimony, only the one machine was built.由于官方舍不得花钱, 只造了一台机器。 2. a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony.由于政府的吝啬，公众设计的伟大传统被破坏了。 3. The charity was surprised by the parsimony of some larger corporations.这个慈善团体对一些较大型公司的吝啬感到吃惊。

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