Parsimonious

(adj.) excessively unwilling to spend; 'parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses'; 'lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence' .

埃尔伯特编辑

• The two sons grew up as parsimonious as their sire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If I wanted other authorities for Jarndyce and Jarndyce, I could rain them on these pages, to the shame of--a parsimonious public. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A sober and parsimonious people, who are strangers to all such projects, do not feel that they have occasion for any such concealment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Mr Barnacle dated from a better time, when the country was not so parsimonious and the Circumlocution Office was not so badgered. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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