penny-pinching

penny-pinching怎么读

英式音标：[ˈpeniˌpintʃiŋ]

美式音标：[ˈpɛniˌpɪntʃɪŋ]

penny-pinching的意思释义

adj.

一毛不拔的，吝啬的，小气的；

英英释义

n.extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

同义词：parsimonyparsimoniousnessthrift

adj.giving or spending with reluctance

\"a penny-pinching miserly old man\"

同义词：cheeseparingclosenearskinny

penny-pinching用法及例句

双语例句

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。

例句参考

Penny-Pinching

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

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

TRC in penny-pinching mode in final years of mandate

Tough love as penny-pinching of budget cut ideas outlined