英语释义

• giving or spending with reluctance;

  "our cheeseparing administration"

  "very close (or near) with his money"

  "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

片语

tight紧的；密封的；绷紧的；麻烦的；严厉的；没空的；吝啬的

closefisted小气的；吝啬的

narrowness狭小，狭窄；小气

pettiness琐碎；卑鄙；小气；微小

cheapad 便宜地

英汉例句

• This danger does not justify penny-pinching now: that could merely prompt a bigger collapse in economic activity and even larger deficits.

  高赤字风险并不说明节俭的政策就合理：那只会使经济更加崩溃，赤字甚至会更高。

• Japanese firms have tried to be as penny-pinching on pay in their foreign operations as they have at home.

  日本企业在外国试图像它们在国内那样小气。

• It「s hard to stay upbeat when your penny-pinching bosses are counting paper clips and coffee grains, but here」s some good news: workplace discontent may just be a vast, untapped source of creativity.

  在看到的抠门的老板斤斤计较着办公用品和咖啡粉的开销时，你肯定心里很是不爽。可是，这个时候，也有些好事情出现：办公室里的不满情绪也正在是一种巨大的，难以压抑的创造力之源。

• Scrooge McDuck, the 「 penny-pinching poultry」 with a fortune in gold coins whose estimated worth is $44.1 billion, headed the list of Forbes「 「Fictional 15」 wealthiest imaginary characters.

  贪婪的老鸭、吸血鬼以及早熟的孩子等虚拟人物纷纷上榜。 「守财奴」史高治?麦克老鸭（译者注：迪斯尼动画中唐老鸭的舅舅）在《福布斯》15位最富有虚拟人物榜中高居榜首，它囤积了估价达441亿美元的金币。

• The war has strained relations between the army and the government, with generals accusing the government of penny-pinching and sending their men into battle under-equipped.

  由于将军们纷纷指责政府吝啬，派出的作战部队又装备不足，所以这场战争使英国政府同军队的关系变得紧张。

• 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。

• Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.

  政府吝啬被指责是食品标準下降的原因。

• But Vegas is suffering - visitor Numbers have fallen as penny-pinching gamblers stay away.

  但是拉斯维加斯正处于困境，因为囊中羞涩的赌徒不再光顾，此地旅客人数锐减。

• Everyone is going to share the cost of public Wi-Fi because the penny-pinching public will gravitate to places that offer 「free」 Wi-Fi.

  人人都在準备分享公共Wi -Fi节约成本，因为小气的公众将会被吸引到能提供「免费」Wi -Fi的各个场所。

相似词

abstinence节制；节欲；戒酒；禁食

thrift(Thrift)人名；(英)思里夫特

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diseconomy不经济；经营管理失当；成本的增加