penny-pinch

penny-pinch怎么读

英式音标：[\'peni:p\'ɪntʃ]

美式音标：[\'penip\'ɪntʃ]

penny-pinch的意思释义

n.

吝啬的人；

英英释义

v.spend money frugally; spend as little as possible

同义词：nickel-and-dime

penny-pinch用法及例句

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

Eleanor is always a penny pinch ever since she has been 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。

例句参考

Too high radon risks not helped by \"penny-pinching\"UK government

PENNY-PINCHING HMOS SHOWED THEIR GENEROSITY IN EXECUTIVE PAYCHECKS (REPRINTED FROM THE NEW-YORK-TIMES, APRIL 11, 1995)

Save money with these penny-pinching printers

Penny-Pinching All-Stars

Pain, penny pinching and positive ageing: how charging fees for health services affects older women /

Penny Pinching or Politics? The Line Item Veto and Military Construction Appropriations

5 Penny-pinching Sins to Avoid

Penny-Pinching

Tee on kitsas – is ‘tea bitter’ or are ‘you penny-pinching’? Finnish students comprehending Estonian