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

• 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。
• She muttered something to herself about penny-pinching miserly old men.
  她喃喃自语地抱怨那些小气的老守财奴。
• 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。
• We must strike a balance between reckless spending and penny-pinching.
  我们必须在挥霍和吝啬之间找到平衡点。
• 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。
• Local residents have accused the Council of penny-pinching.
  当地居民指责市政委员会吝啬。
• He has an entrepreneur's obsession with costs, and relies on the kindness of powerful donors and old-fashioned penny-pinching to keep expenditure down.
  他对成本有着一种创业者式的执迷。他依靠有实力的捐赠人的爱心与老式的锱铢必较来压低成本。
• 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。
• 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。