parsimonious
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Someone who is parsimonious is very unwilling to spend money. 過(guò)分吝嗇的[正式] [usu ADJ n]
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parsimonious /?pɑ?s??m??n??s/
劍橋詞典
- not willing to spend money or give something
吝嗇小氣的，過(guò)度節(jié)儉的
She's too parsimonious to heat the house properly . 她太節(jié)省了，甚至都舍不得給房子供足暖氣。
figurative I think that politicians are often parsimonious with the (= do not tell the complete ) truth . 我認(rèn)為政客們常常不愿說(shuō)出全部事實(shí)真相。 返回 parsimonious