penny-pinching

英 [ˈpeni pɪntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈpeni pɪntʃɪŋ]

adj.  吝啬的; 悭吝的; 小气的

牛津词典

adj.

• 吝啬的；悭吝的；小气的
  unwilling to spend money

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 小气；吝啬
  Penny-pinchingis the practice of trying to spend as little money as possible.
  1. Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.
     政府吝啬被指责是食品标准下降的原因。
• ADJ 小气的；吝啬的
  Penny-pinchingpeople spend as little money as possible.
  1. ...small-minded penny-pinching administrators.
     心胸狭隘、一毛不拔的管理者

英英释义

noun

• extreme care in spending money
  Synonym:parsimonyparsimoniousnessthrift

adj

• giving or spending with reluctance
  1. our cheeseparing administration
  2. very close (or near) with his money
  3. a penny-pinching miserly old man
  Synonym:cheeseparingclosenearskinny

双语例句

• Men turn from penny-pinching savers to big spenders if they think there is a shortage of women around them according to new research.
  新研究显示，男性认为周围女性数量不足时就会从小气节俭变成慷慨大方。
• The stocks of several large tech companies have had a rough time in recent years, thanks to the penny-pinching in it budgets.
  由于各大公司缩减IT预算，许多大型科技公司的股票在近几年表现不佳。
• I sympathise with your plight, being a penny-pinching wine duffer myself.
  我对你的处境深感同情，因为我本人也是一个锱铢必较的酒盲。
• 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。
• Don't be so penny-pinching! It won't cost that much!
  别那么小气了，这花不了多少钱的！
• That said, I have noticed at generic tastings in London that potential exporters have been told so often that the UK market is dangerously competitive, and British wine buyers horribly penny-pinching, that some tend not to bother to show their top wines.
  也就是说，我在伦敦通用品酒会上注意到潜在的出口商通常被告知英国市场竞争异常激烈，英国葡萄酒的买家抠门到极点，有些酒庄一般舍不得展出最好的酒。
• This latest outbreak of unseemly penny-pinching is symptomatic of a governmental tin ear when it comes to the armed forces.
  近期这一连串不体面的吝啬举动充分表明政府对军队漠不关心。
• Penny-pinching chefs cook with waste oil from fryers and sewers, a toxic ingredient known as gutter oil that generally goes unnoticed until diners get sick.
  吝啬的厨师会用从油炸锅及下水道中回收的废油做菜，而这种名为地沟油的有毒原料通常不会被注意到，直到食用者患病。
• In "The Good Bargain" a Jewish man is likewise portrayed as a penny-pinching swindler.
  在《好交易》中，一个犹太男人被描绘为守财吝啬的骗子。
• I've had to ponder the times when my penny-pinching irritated my family or when I denied myself some small pleasure because it wasn't the cheapest choice.
  有时候，自己的锱铢必较让家人生气；有时候，因为想买的东西不是最便宜的，我不得不忍痛放弃。为了撰写专栏，这些情景我都得一样一样地回味。