parsimony

英 [ˈpɑːsɪməni]

美 [ˈpɑːrsɪmoʊni]

n.  悭吝; 吝啬; 小气

GRE

BNC.32880 / COCA.28966

牛津词典

noun

• 悭吝；吝啬；小气
  the fact of being extremely unwilling to spend money

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 小气；吝啬
  Parsimonyis extreme unwillingness to spend money.
  1. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
     由于官方过于吝啬，仅制造了那一台机器。

英英释义

noun

• extreme stinginess
  Synonym:meannessminginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimoniousnesstightnesstightfistednesscloseness
• extreme care in spending money
  Synonym:parsimoniousnessthriftpenny-pinching

双语例句

• Three major methods, Neighbor-Joining ( NJ), Maximum Parsimony ( MP), and Maximum Likelihood ( ML), are widely used for phylogenetic reconstruction.
  距离矩阵邻接法、最大简约法和最大似然法是重建生物系统关系的3种主要方法。
• A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny, famous for his parsimony.
  有个经典例子出自以吝啬著称的喜剧演员杰克·班尼。
• Principle of Parsimony: Write large components only when it is clear by demonstration that nothing else will do.
  吝啬原则：除非能够明确证明别无它法，否则不要编写大的组件。
• For the parsimony this paper presents model a polynomial time greedy algorithm and a compound algorithm that combines the greedy policy with the branch-and-bound strategy in a uniform framework.
  提出了节约原则模型的一个多项式时间的贪心算法以及一种把贪心策略和分支限界策略集合在统一框架下的复合算法。
• As the discussant points out, parsimony of diagnosis is an important standard in modern medicine; however, this principle can fail us.
  正如讨论者所指出的，诊断的简约性原则是现代医学的一个重要标准；但是，这个原则可能使我们诊治失败。
• A little later Norton reminded them of Hamilton's Law of Parsimony, the application of which they immediately claimed for every reasoning process of theirs.
  不久诺尔屯又反提醒他们汉密尔顿的悭吝律。他们随即宣称他们的每一个推理过程都是应用着这一规律的。
• It is still using the traditional design, overall design parsimony appears to be agile.
  该机仍采用传统的直板造型设计，整体的设计风格显得简约利落。
• Waiters at Nonna Betta, which specialises in Roman Jewish cuisine, were amazed by Mr Zuckerberg's parsimony, not just because of his huge wealth but because of Americans 'reputation for tipping generously, as is expected of them at home.
  罗马犹太餐厅的服务员们为马克扎克伯格的吝啬感到震惊。不仅仅因为扎克伯格拥有的巨大财富，还有美国人慷慨付小费的好名声。
• Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
  由于官方过于吝啬，仅制造了那一台机器。
• In recent years, the time-varying parametric model, especially time-varying auto-regressive ( TVAR) parametric model is used to describe a nonstationary random signal widely for its parsimony and high resolution.
  时变自回归（TVAR）参数模型具有良好的参数压缩性和高分辨率特性，是近年来分析和处理非平稳随机信号的一种有效的方法。