penny-pinching音标
英 [ˈpeniˌpintʃiŋ]
美 [ˈpɛniˌpɪntʃɪŋ]
penny-pinching翻译
adj.
一毛不拔的,吝啬的,小气的;
英英释义
penny-pinching[ 'peni,pintʃiŋ ]
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
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。
权威例句
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