penny-pinching
美 [?peni ?p?nt???] 
英 ['peni .p?nt???]
- adj.吝嗇的；慳吝的；小氣的
- 網絡盟國吝嗇；一毛不拔的；斤斤計較
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英漢雙解
1. | 吝嗇的；慳吝的；小氣的unwilling to spend money |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
She was also taken aback by his intense jealousy and the imbalance between his tight penny-pinching and extravagant spending.
她也感到吃驚，他強烈的嫉妒和不平衡之間的緊張節儉和奢侈消費。
Penny-pinching at a time like this isn't just cruel; it endangers the nation's future.
開支減少一次，就像這次，并不痛苦，但這將危及美國的未來。
If you don't have to be frugal, you probably let some of your penny-pinching strategies slide.
如果您不必過節儉的生活，您可能就會錯過一些節約的方法。
Japanese firms have tried to be as penny-pinching on pay in their foreign operations as they have at home.
日本公司努力在國外運營中像其在國內一樣對工資斤斤計較。
If it works, the system will help employees avoid a penny-pinching retirement.
如果其奏效，這個制度將幫助雇員避免拮據的退休生活。
Everyone is going to share the cost of public Wi-Fi because the penny-pinching public will gravitate to places that offer "free" Wi-Fi.
人人都在準備分享公共Wi-Fi節約成本，因為小氣的公眾將會被吸引到能提供“免費”Wi-Fi的各個場所。
Eisenhower disagreed with every fiber of his penny-pinching Midwestern being .
出生于美國中西部，力行節省的艾森豪威爾對此頗有異議。
Any engagement is set as low as possible: temporary staffing, outsourced work, everything is in penny-pinching mode.
任何預算都是越低越好：臨時工、外包工作，任何事情都被精打細算。
This danger does not justify penny-pinching now: that could merely prompt a bigger collapse in economic activity and even larger deficits.
高赤字風險并不說明節儉的政策就合理：那只會使經濟更加崩潰，赤字甚至會更高。
Europe next year holds the prospect of depressed living standards, rising unemployment and penny-pinching public services.
明年，歐洲的生活水準會下降，失業率會提高，公共服務開支也會捉襟見肘。
And penny-pinching at the expense of the unemployed is cruel as well as misguided.
而在失業費用上的小氣吝嗇則會像帶錯路一樣致命。
I sympathise with your plight, being a penny-pinching wine duffer myself.
我對你的處境深感同情，因為我本人也是一個錙銖必較的酒盲。
"Penny pinching, ruthless, suspicious shoppers"
“小氣、無情、疑慮重重的購物者”
100 shops are designed to appeal to a growing population of penny-pinching housewives and senior citizens.
這些百元店意在吸引越來越多精打細算的家庭主婦和老年人。
But Vegas is suffering - visitor numbers have fallen as penny-pinching gamblers stay away.
但是拉斯維加斯正處于困境，因為囊中羞澀的賭徒不再光顧，此地旅客人數銳減。
That's one penny- pinching decision I wish I could take back.
我真希望能收回這個揀了芝麻、丟了西瓜的決定。
'don't be so penny-pinching! it won't cost that much! '
別那么小氣了，這花不了多少錢的！
But Nischan says the penny-pinching has actually helped his Connecticut restaurant, Dressing Room.
但是奈斯陳說，正是這些“吝嗇的”人實際上幫了康涅狄格的“更衣間”餐廳。
Penny - pinching landlords stinted their tenants on heat and hot water.
小氣的房東在房客的取暖和熱水供應上進行克扣。
And life insurers struggle to sell policies when people are penny-pinching.
而對壽險公司而言，當人們變得吝嗇的時候，銷售保單就需要幾經努力了。
It is also a nice illustration of the risks of penny-pinching when building infrastructure.
同樣，這座橋完美敲響警鐘：基礎設施建設若是斤斤計較，風險將難以估量。
This is expensive and painful , but cautious , penny-pinching governments end up paying more than those that tread boldly .
拯救銀行業的確是既昂貴又痛苦，但瞻前顧后、吝惜錢包的政府最終會比大膽出擊的政府付出更高的代價。
A penny-pinching farmer didn't want his hired hand to stop working.
一位農場主非常吝嗇，不想讓他雇傭的幫手停下來休息。
In fact, penny-pinching is actually one common catalyst of divorce.
摳門還是造成婚姻破裂的一個常見的催化劑。
Men turn from penny-pinching savers to big spenders if they think there is a shortage of women around them according to new research.
新研究顯示，男性認為周圍女性數量不足時就會從小氣節儉變成慷慨大方。
That's changing now, as Chinese demand slows at the same time that consumers world - wide start penny-pinching .
但現在情況發生了變化，在全球消費者開始節衣縮食的同時，中國的需求也開始放緩。
Rot in hell, you penny-pinching miser!
去死吧，你這一毛不拔的吝嗇鬼。
C. Mrs. Cook is a penny-pinching woman.
科克夫人是位十分節儉得婦女。
This penny-pinching adds up.
這些小氣吝嗇會積累起來的。
Penny-pinching. This expression means to save money, or describes someone who is unwilling to spend money.
penny-pinching.這個片語的意思表示存錢，或形容不愿意花錢的人。
For Macksoud, 46, this penny-pinching couldn't come at a better time.
這個時機對于46歲、節儉的馬克蘇德來說不可多得。
But I was not because of penny-pinching, it is because the body can not draw.
可我不是因為囊中羞澀，就是因為抽不了身。
He nourished a feeling of animosity for his penny-pinching boss
（他對他的吝嗇老板懷恨在心）；
No time for penny-pinching
現在不是吝嗇的時候
