penny-pinching中文什么意思
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adj.
〔美俚〕小气的,吝啬的。
〔美俚〕小气的,吝啬的。
- penny pinching: 小气,不愿花钱
- no pinching: 不许拧人
- pinching: 打尖; 箍缩; 刮痧; 尖灭; 捏夹 ...
英文释义
名词- extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
同义词:parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift
- giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
同义词:cheeseparing, close, near, skinny