详细释义
Adjective:
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not having enough money to pay for necessities
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excessively unwilling to spend;
"parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"
"lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
双语例句
- Raised on a hog farm in Hunan Province, she laughs off the penurious ways of her parents and grandparents.
李小姐在湖南省的一家养猪场长大,她嘲笑祖父母及父母吝啬的生活方式。
用作形容词 (adj.)
相关词汇
- greedy 贪婪的
- stingy 吝啬的
- penniless 身无分文的
- impecunious 没有钱的
- poor 可怜的
- impoverished 贫困的
- destitute 穷困的
- indigent 贫穷的
- needy 贫穷的
- broke 一文不名的
- strapped 用皮绳捆住的...
- grudging 吝惜的
- scanty 缺乏的
- cheap 便宜的
- miserly 吝啬的
- niggardly 少量的
- frugal 节俭的
- mean 意思是
- pinched 压紧的
- parsimonious 极度节省的
- hard up 缺(钱)
- in straitened circumstances 困苦
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