| 单词 | penny-pinching |
| 释义 | penny-pinching (once / 48243 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY penny-pinch: penny-pinching USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s unclear how Trump’s fiscally profligate platform meshes with Mulvaney’s preference for penny-pinching. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) It may be that some modern employers, with their penny-pinching attitude toward their work force, could learn something from Henry Ford. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) Thielman said years of penny-pinching on food can be wiped out in minutes if a riot erupts over the quality of food. The Guardian(Sep 30, 2016) 1adj giving or spending with reluctance a penny-pinching miserly old man Syn cheeseparing, close, near, skinny stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend 2n extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily Syn|Hyper parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift frugality, frugalness prudence in avoiding waste |
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