pinchpenny
基本解釋
- adj. 吝嗇的
- 吝嗇鬼
英漢例句
- If saving is a sin, dissaving must be a virtue; and in any case he is simply making up for the harm being done by the saving of his pinchpenny brother Benjamin.
如果儲(chǔ)蓄是一種罪過(guò)，不儲(chǔ)蓄儅然就是一種美德；而且，無(wú)論如何，他這麼做不過(guò)是爲(wèi)了補(bǔ)償吝嗇鬼弟弟本傑明由於儲(chǔ)蓄給社會(huì)帶來(lái)的種種損害。 - and in any case he is simply making up for the harm being done by the saving of his pinchpenny brother Benjamin.
而且，無(wú)論如何，他這麼做不過(guò)是爲(wèi)了補(bǔ)償吝嗇鬼弟弟本傑明由於儲(chǔ)蓄給社會(huì)帶來(lái)的種種損害。 - a pinchpenny economy.
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