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parsimony

/pahr-suh-moh-nee/US // ˈpɑr səˌmoʊ ni //UK // (ˈpɑːsɪmənɪ) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.

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  • The precision of the pointer aim gave the game a methodical pace that quietly favored parsimony and careful deployment of just as many Pikmin were necessary to get the job done and no more.

  • But the Sawyer case, combined with the heartless parsimony of all lethal outbreaks, means that the truth will out and soon.

  • The family lived with a contradictory sense of parsimony and indulgence, “both beyond and below our means.”

  • He set forth strongly the dangers to which the jealousy and parsimony of the representatives of the people exposed the country.

  • The parsimony of your spouse, who rather chuses to build Gateways than to buy books, has hitherto deprived you of Hume.

  • Though Aristotle wrote in a methodical manner, his writings exhibit great parsimony of language.

  • He was always overcareful about money, and in old age this tendency developed into parsimony.

  • But we are not to encourage parsimony in education; for parsimony in this department is not true economy.