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penny-pinching
单词基本解释
n.小气;吝啬 adj.小气的;吝啬的
英英释义
Noun:
  1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Adjective:
  1. giving or spending with reluctance;

    "our cheeseparing administration"
    "very close (or near) with his money"
    "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

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用作名词(n.)
  1. Some of my relatives were penny pinchers.
    我的一些亲戚真是小气。
  2. Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.
    埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人。
  3. Tom had a reputation as a miser who hoarded every penny he could get his hands on.
    汤姆以吝啬出名,他把每一分能够到手的钱都囤积起来。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.
    埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人。
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