Parsimony
['pɑːsɪmənɪ] or ['pɑrsə'moni]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
編輯:利拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Stinginess, niggardliness, penuriousness, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, meanness.
整理:泰丝
解釋/意思:
n. sparingness in the spending of money: frugality: niggardliness.—adj. Parsimō′nious sparing in the use of money: frugal to excess: niggardly: covetous.—adv. Parsimō′niously.—n. Parsimō′niousness.
整理:玛米
例句/造句/用法:
- The high rate of profit seems everywhere to destroy that parsimony which, in other circumstances, is natural to the character of the merchant. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The parsimony which leads to accumulation has become almost as rare in republican as in monarchical governments. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The want of parsimony, in time of peace, imposes the necessity of contracting debt in time of war. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Independent of this necessity, he is, in such a situation, naturally disposed to the parsimony requisite for accumulation. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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