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penny-pinching的英文翻譯是什么意思,詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯:
英英釋義
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的用法和樣例:
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
- Some of my relatives were penny pinchers.
我的一些親戚真是小氣。 - Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.
埃莉諾從年輕時(shí)候起就一直是個(gè)非常吝嗇的人。 - Tom had a reputation as a miser who hoarded every penny he could get his hands on.
湯姆以吝嗇出名,他把每一分能夠到手的錢(qián)都囤積起來(lái)。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
- Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.
埃莉諾從年輕時(shí)候起就一直是個(gè)非常吝嗇的人。
penny-pinching的相關(guān)資料:
近反義詞
【近義詞】
- thrift 節儉
- abstinence 節制
- frugal 節儉的
- thrifty 節儉的
- tightfisted 吝嗇的
- stingy 吝嗇的
- parsimonious 極度節省的
- skinny 皮的
- cheeseparing 吝嗇
- parsimony 過(guò)度節儉
- near 近的
- parsimoniousness 吝嗇
- close 關(guān)