詞語：penny-pinching
penny-pinching的同義詞
n. parsimoniousness ，parsimony ，thrifta. cheeseparing ，close ，near ，skinny
penny-pinching的解釋
penny-pinchingadj. 小氣的，吝嗇的n. 小氣v. 對…吝嗇（penny-pinch的ing形式）
penny-pinching的意思
penny-pinching 小氣;吝嗇的;節儉;narrowness penny-pinching pettiness scaliness smallness stinginess 小氣;
penny-pinching的參考例句
1.What's more, the penny-pinching has nothing much to do with the fact that Britain is skint. 更要緊的是，這吝嗇基本不是因為英國真的是個窮光蛋。
2.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。
3.This latest outbreak of unseemly penny-pinching is symptomatic of a governmental tin ear when it comes to the armed forces. 近期這一連串不體面的吝嗇舉動充分表明政府對軍隊漠不關心。