penny-pinching

英 美
  • n. 小气；吝啬
  • adj. 小气的；吝啬的

详细释义

Noun:
  1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Adjective:
  1. giving or spending with reluctance;

    "our cheeseparing administration"
    "very close (or near) with his money"
    "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

双语例句

1. 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！

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2. But I was not because of penny-pinching, it is because the body can not draw.
可我不是因为囊中羞涩，就是因为抽不了身。

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3. But I was not because of penny-pinching, it is because the body can not draw.
可我不是因为囊中羞涩，就是因为抽不了身。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Some of my relatives were penny pinchers.
      我的一些亲戚真是小气。
    2. 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。
    3. 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 (adj.)
    1. 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。

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