英语词汇“parsimonious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

A parsimonious person is unwilling to spend a lot of money. You know those people who count up every penny when it's time to split a restaurant bill? You can call them parsimonious. Or cheap.

Stingy is the most common and general synonym, but there are many other near synonyms: thrifty, frugal, penurious, niggardly, penny-pinching, miserly, tight-fisted, tight. The adjective parsimonious was formed in English from the noun parsimony "the quality of being careful in spending" (from Latin parcimonia, from parcere "to spare") plus the suffix –ous "having the quality of."

WORD FAMILY

parsimonious: parsimoniously, parsimoniousness+/parsimony: parsimonies, parsimonious

USAGE EXAMPLES

Castro’s direct democracy was parsimonious regarding elections but permissive of shrugs.

Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016)

I am rededicating myself to stop my parsimonious pity parties.

Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016)

Any process that is parsimonious in their use would thus be a boon to industry.

Economist(Nov 17, 2016)

adj excessively unwilling to spend

parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses

Syn

penurious
stingy, ungenerous

unwilling to spend

单词	parsimonious
释义	parsimonious (once / 10387 pages) adj A parsimonious person is unwilling to spend a lot of money. You know those people who count up every penny when it's time to split a restaurant bill? You can call them parsimonious. Or cheap. Stingy is the most common and general synonym, but there are many other near synonyms: thrifty, frugal, penurious, niggardly, penny-pinching, miserly, tight-fisted, tight. The adjective parsimonious was formed in English from the noun parsimony "the quality of being careful in spending" (from Latin parcimonia, from parcere "to spare") plus the suffix –ous "having the quality of." WORD FAMILY parsimonious: parsimoniously, parsimoniousness+/parsimony: parsimonies, parsimonious USAGE EXAMPLES Castro’s direct democracy was parsimonious regarding elections but permissive of shrugs. Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016) I am rededicating myself to stop my parsimonious pity parties. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) Any process that is parsimonious in their use would thus be a boon to industry. Economist(Nov 17, 2016) adj excessively unwilling to spend parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses Syn penurious stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend
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