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n.小气¹⁶;吝啬⁸adj.小气的³³;吝啬的⁴³名词penny-pinching
Noun:
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Adjective:
giving or spending with reluctance;our cheeseparing administration very close or near with his money a penny-pinching miserly old man 比喻用法。近义词 close关near近的thrift节俭skinny皮的frugal节俭的stingy吝啬的thrifty节俭的abstinence节制cheeseparing吝啬tightfisted吝啬的parsimony过度节俭parsimoniousness吝啬parsimonious极度节省的
形容词75%,名词25%
Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常〈吝啬的〉人。
Tom had a reputation as a miser who hoarded every penny he could get his hands on.汤姆以吝啬出名，他把每一分能够到手的钱都囤积起来。用作形容词Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常〈吝啬的〉人。 MARK SANFORD, South Carolina's penny-pinching governor, has been called a rising star by Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.
马克•桑福德，这位一毛不拔的南卡罗来纳州长，曾被共和党全国委员会新主席迈克尔•斯蒂尔誉为一颗冉冉升起的新星。 topsage |