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 Parsimonious Covering Theory and the Causal Network Model is first applied to the multiple-fault diagnosis of an avionic system. And the multiple-fault diagnosis technique of an avionic system based on Causal Network is researched.
  本文首次将简约覆盖理论和因果网络模型应用到航电系统的多故障诊断中，探讨基于因果网络模型的航电系统多故障诊断技术。
• 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。
• At home he was churlish, parsimonious and cruel to his daughter.
  在家里他对他那些女儿粗暴无礼且残忍。
• 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。
• ( 1992) proposed a method for forecasting future mortality. Several advantages are claimed: a parsimonious demographic model is combined with statistical time-series methods, the method involves no subjective 'judgements'.
  在1992年提出了一种预测人口死亡率的新方法，该方法的优点在于它融合了统计学的时间序列和人口学模型，减少了主观因素对预测结果的影响。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• Finally, it's worth noting that ideographic scripts like Chinese and Japanese tend to be parsimonious with characters compared to alphabetic scripts like Latin and Cyrillic.
  最后，值得一提的是中文和日文这类象形文字，与Latin、Cyrillic这类字母文字相比，用字往往更少。
• 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！