單詞
parsimony
英 ['pɑ?s?m?n?]
美['pɑrs?'moni]
基本信息
- n. 吝嗇；過度節(jié)儉
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
parsimony----"怕失money"---節(jié)儉的
Parsimony：怕使用錢財(cái)——吝嗇的
Parsimony：怕使用錢財(cái)——吝嗇的
中文詞源
parsimony 吝嗇
來自拉丁語parcere,節(jié)省，儲蓄，適度，可能來自parum,小的，少的，來自PIE*pau,少的，詞源同few,poor.-mony,名詞后綴。后詞義貶義化。
英文詞源
- parsimony (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin parsimonia "sparingness, frugality, thrift," from pars-, past participle stem of parcere "to spare, save, refrain from, use moderately" (which is said to be unrelated to Latin parvus "small," parum "too little") + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.
雙語例句
- 1. A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny , famous for his parsimony.
- 有個(gè)經(jīng)典例子出自以吝嗇著稱的喜劇演員杰克·班尼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
- 由于官方過于吝嗇，僅制造了那一臺機(jī)器。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct.
- 節(jié)儉使資本增長, 揮霍和運(yùn)用不當(dāng)使資本減少.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Combined with the human tyrosinase gene sequence, the gene tree was constructed using parsimony method.
- 結(jié)合已發(fā)表人的序列, 用簡約法構(gòu)建了基因樹.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.
- 一些偶爾來德國的人會認(rèn)為,吝嗇是德國人的典型特征,這種想法也許可以諒解.
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