parsimonious

[美]/ˌpɑːsɪ'məʊnɪəs/
[英]/ˌpɑrsə'monɪəs/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 过分节俭的

例句

even the parsimonious Littler paid for drinks all round.

即便是吝啬鬼利特勒,无论在哪里喝酒也都是付钱的。

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。

She is known for her parsimonious spending habits.

她以吝啬的消费习惯而闻名。

The company's parsimonious approach to employee benefits led to low morale.

公司对员工福利的吝啬做法导致士气低落。

His parsimonious nature made him reluctant to splurge on luxury items.

他吝啬的性格使他不愿在奢侈品上挥霍。

Despite his wealth, he remained parsimonious in his lifestyle.

尽管他很富有,但他在生活方式上仍然吝啬。

The parsimonious use of resources helped the organization save money.

对资源的吝啬使用帮助组织节省了钱。

Her parsimonious attitude towards electricity usage resulted in lower utility bills.

她对用电的吝啬态度导致了较低的水电费。

The government's parsimonious budget allocation left many social programs underfunded.

政府对预算的吝啬分配导致许多社会项目资金不足。

The parsimonious portions at the restaurant left the customers feeling unsatisfied.

餐厅的吝啬份量让顾客感到不满足。

His parsimonious behavior towards tipping the waitstaff was frowned upon.

他对小费的吝啬行为遭到了指责。

The parsimonious landlord refused to make any repairs to the rental property.

吝啬的房东拒绝对出租物业进行任何维修。

原声例句

Fiscal policies are also becoming more parsimonious.

财政政策也变得更加节俭。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

European consumers have also grown less parsimonious amid the pandemic boom in online shopping of all kinds.

在新冠疫情期间各种网购兴起,欧洲消费者也变得不那么吝啬了。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

For much of the past decade, tech stocks have been an unattractive proposition to these parsimonious types.

在过去10年的大部分时间里,科技股对这些吝啬的人来说一直是一个没有吸引力的投资对象。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

Where Rhodes appears to have had the more free-wheeling imagination and  speculative drive, Rudd was solid, dependable and parsimonious.

罗德斯似乎拥有更自由的想象力和投机动力,而陆克文则是坚实、可靠和节俭的。

来源: Character Profile

A sober and parsimonious people, who are strangers to all such projects, do not feel that they have occasion for any such concealment.

一个对所有这些项目都陌生的清醒和吝啬的人,不觉得他们有任何隐瞒的必要。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

England, however, as it has never been blessed with a very parsimonious government, so parsimony has at no time been the characteristic virtue of its inhabitants.

然而,英格兰从来没有一个非常节俭的政府,因此节俭从来都不是其居民的特有美德。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

It is simpler, or more parsimonious, to hypothesize that one feature, the sail, was convergently evolved in Spinosaurus and Ouranosaurus, rather than numerous features being convergent between Spinosaurus and other theropods.

更简单或更简约的假设是,一种特征,即帆,是在棘龙和大王龙中趋同进化的,而不是在棘龙和其他兽脚类恐龙之间趋同的许多特征。

来源: University of Alberta - Dinosaur Paleontology

The orderly, vigilant, and parsimonious administration of such aristocracies as those of Venice and Amsterdam, is extremely proper, it appears from experience, for the management of a mercantile project of this kind.

从经验来看,威尼斯和阿姆斯特丹等贵族的有序、谨慎和节俭的管理对于管理此类商业项目来说是极其恰当的。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

But we shall find this to have been the case of almost all nations, in all tolerably quiet and peaceable times, even of those who have not enjoyed the most prudent and parsimonious governments.

但是我们会发现几乎所有国家的情况都是如此,在所有还算平静和和平的时代,即使是那些没有享受过最审慎和最吝啬的政府的国家也是如此。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

The merchants of London, indeed, have not yet generally become such magnificent lords as those of Cadiz and Lisbon; but neither are they in general such attetitive and parsimonious burghers as those of Amsterdam.

的确,伦敦的商人还没有普遍成为像加的斯和里斯本的商人那样显赫的领主;但总体而言,他们也不像阿姆斯特丹的市民那样勤俭节约。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

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