• n. 吝嗇；過度節儉

來自拉丁語parcere,節省，儲蓄，適度，可能來自parum,小的，少的，來自PIE*pau,少的，詞源同few,poor.-mony,名詞后綴。后詞義貶義化。

parsimony (n.)

early 15c., from Latin parsimonia "sparingness, frugality, thrift," from pars-, past participle stem of parcere "to spare, save, refrain from, use moderately" (which is said to be unrelated to Latin parvus "small," parum "too little") + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.

1. A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny , famous for his parsimony.

有個經典例子出自以吝嗇著稱的喜劇演員杰克·班尼.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.

由于官方過于吝嗇，僅制造了那一臺機器。

來自辭典例句

3. Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct.

節儉使資本增長, 揮霍和運用不當使資本減少.

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4. Combined with the human tyrosinase gene sequence, the gene tree was constructed using parsimony method.

結合已發表人的序列, 用簡約法構建了基因樹.

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5. Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.

一些偶爾來德國的人會認為,吝嗇是德國人的典型特征,這種想法也許可以諒解.

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