• n. 吝嗇；過(guò)度節(jié)儉

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)parcere,節(jié)省，儲(chǔ)蓄，適度，可能來(lái)自parum,小的，少的，來(lái)自PIE*pau,少的，詞源同few,poor.-mony,名詞后綴。后詞義貶義化。

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.

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(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.

由于官方過(guò)于吝嗇，僅制造了那一臺(tái)機(jī)器。

來(lái)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(zhǎng), 揮霍和運(yùn)用不當(dāng)使資本減少.

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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(jiǎn)約法構(gòu)建了基因樹(shù).

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5. Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.

一些偶爾來(lái)德國(guó)的人會(huì)認(rèn)為,吝嗇是德國(guó)人的典型特征,這種想法也許可以諒解.

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