penny-pinching

• n. 小气；吝啬
• adj. 小气的；吝啬的

英英释义

Noun:

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

Adjective:

1. giving or spending with reluctance;

   "our cheeseparing administration"
   "very close (or near) with his money"
   "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Some of my relatives were penny pinchers.
   我的一些亲戚真是小气。
2. 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。
3. 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.)

1. 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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• thrift 节俭
• abstinence 节制
• frugal 节俭的
• thrifty 节俭的
• tightfisted 吝啬的
• stingy 吝啬的
• parsimonious 极度节省的
• skinny 皮的
• cheeseparing 吝啬
• parsimony 过度节俭
• near 近的
• parsimoniousness 吝啬
• close 关