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penny-pinching的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:
英英释义
Noun:
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extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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giving or spending with reluctance;
"our cheeseparing administration"
"very close (or near) with his money"
"a penny-pinching miserly old man"
penny-pinching的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词 (n.)
- Some of my relatives were penny pinchers.
我的一些亲戚真是小气。 - 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。 - 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.)
- 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。
penny-pinching的相关资料:
近反义词
【近义词】
- thrift 节俭
- abstinence 节制
- frugal 节俭的
- thrifty 节俭的
- tightfisted 吝啬的
- stingy 吝啬的
- parsimonious 极度节省的
- skinny 皮的
- cheeseparing 吝啬
- parsimony 过度节俭
- near 近的
- parsimoniousness 吝啬
- close 关