英:[ˈpɑ:sɪməni]
美:[ˈpɑrsəmoʊni]
英:[ˈpɑ:sɪməni]
美:[ˈpɑrsəmoʊni]
n.
异常俭省
极度节俭
吝啬
小气
par·si·mo·ny
par s mo ni
词根:parsimony
adj.parsimonious 吝啬的;过于节俭的;质量差的
noun
the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift
the necessity of wartime parsimony
the quality or state of being stingy
The charity was surprised by the parsimony of some larger corporations.
economy in the use of means to an endespecially: economy of explanation in conformity with Occam's razor
the scientific law of parsimony dictates that any example of animal behavior should be interpreted at its simplest, most immediate level —Peter Gorner
15世纪早期, parcimony,"经济,节俭,节约,对使用资源的节约",源自拉丁语 parsimonia "节俭,节约,节俭",源自 pars-,过去分词词干 parcere "节约,节约,节约,适度使用"(据说与拉丁语 parvus "小", parum "太少"无关)+ -monia,表示动作,状态或条件的后缀。德·凡(De Vaan)认为这个词源于原始印欧语言,意思是"持有"。现在通常指"过度或不必要的节约,吝啬",这个狭义的意义在16世纪中叶得到证实。
简约性
Middle English parcimony, borrowed from Latin parsimōnia, from pars-, perfect stem of parcere "to act sparingly, be thrifty (with), refrain from" (of uncertain origin) + -i- -i- + -mōnia, suffix of abstract nouns (going back to the Indo-European noun-forming suffix *-mĕ̄n-/*mŏ̄n- + the abstract noun formative *-i-)
The first known use of parsimony was in the 15th century
pasteurizationnoun
the process of heating a liquid (as milk) to a temperature high enough and keeping it at that temperature long enough to kill many objectionable germs and then cooling it rapidly without causing a major change in its chemical composition
parsleynoun
a European herb related to the carrot and widely grown for its finely divided leaves which are used to season or decorate foodsalso: the leaves
parseverb
to analyze a sentence by naming its parts and their relations to each other
to give the part of speech of a word and explain its relation to other words in a sentence
parsimonynoun
the quality of being overly sparing with money : miserliness
1 Given the exorbitant gasoline prices in most European countries, such parsimony is a vital part of the appeal.
2 Not only did the lending library concept quickly end, it did a backflip: The Simon Museum is today notorious for its parsimony with loans.
3 Maximum parsimony hypothesizes that organisms that share the most traits are the most likely to share a common ancestor.
4 It cruised to the Premier League title, its third in four years, thanks not only to the spirit of adventure typical of Guardiola’s teams, but to a more unusual defensive parsimony.
5 Koza tried applying parsimony in other runs but found that parsimony added to the beginning of a run dampened the efficiency of the solutions.
柯扎尝试在其他的运行中添加点简约性元素,却发现在运行开始加入的简约性元素降低了解决方案的效率。
6 Louis describes executive producer M Blair Breard as "the eminent low-budget movie producer", and has embraced her spirit of parsimony.
7 BPA ( brooks parsimony analysis ) is one of the most popular methods in the study of historical biogeography.
BPA ( brooksparsimonyanalysis ) 是历史生物地理学研究的重要分析方法之一,在过去的20年内得以发展和完善.
8 The charity was surprised by the parsimony of some larger corporations.
9 We wanted complete and total and stark minimalism; we were going for total parsimony.
10 His wife became the stewardess of his estate, doling out permissions to quote from his work with extreme parsimony and routinely turning away requests from scholars and the dreaded biographers.
11 To aid in the tremendous task of describing phylogenies accurately, scientists often use a concept called maximum parsimony, which means that events occurred in the simplest, most obvious way.
12 Combined with the human tyrosinase gene sequence, the gene tree was constructed using parsimony method.
结合已发表人的序列, 用简约法构建了基因树.
13 Describe what maximum parsimony is used for in evolutionary biology.
14 Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
由于官方过于吝啬,仅制造了那一台机器。
15 Mr. Pfohl, who died in 1986 after a heart attack at his factory, seems to have won many fans in his lifetime, some of whom marveled at his parsimony.
16 A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny, famous for his parsimony.
有个经典例子出自以吝啬著称的喜剧演员杰克·班尼。
17 Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.
一些偶尔来德国的人会认为,吝啬是德国人的典型特征,这种想法也许可以谅解.
18 Or perhaps Goya is taking a small liberty, presenting parsimony in a sly juxtaposition to all that flashy gold embroidery, royal hardware and silk.
19 She looks forward only to “a life of polishing pews and arranging flowers, of prudence and parsimony.”
20 This is anathema to legislators who actually persuade their constituents that austerity, indiscriminate parsimony, is the highest good, whatever the consequences for public health or economic development.
1 极度节俭
2 极度俭省
3 吝啬
narrowfisted small close near cheap tight Scottish stingy miserly illiberal parsimonious churlish penny-pinching chintzy penurious niggardly tight-fisted mingy unhandsome cheeseparing close-fisted hardfisted scrimpy begrudgingly scantily meanly churlishly parsimoniously closeness stinginess churlishness illiberality penny-pinch screw pinch scotch mean beggarly cheese-paring stint rake and scrape ungenerous mean-minded stingily ungenerously meanness miserliness niggardliness grasping chary niggard tightfisted closefisted nearly penury skimp scant hungry miserable sordid skimpy covetous costive scrimp scungy pinch pennies narrow-fisted little narrow managing skinny shabby paltry scaly scanty screwy grudging pinchpenny gripple skimpingly charily pikerism nearness smallness littleness chariness iron fisted careful nippy ironfisted chinchy hunks squeeze the eagle
5 小气
small close cheap tight petty stingy mouldy illiberal parsimonious penny-pinching penurious niggardly tight-fisted mingy cheese-paring mean skimpy ungenerous cheeseparing penury screw near hungry miserable sordid churlish beggarly unhandsome costive close-fisted pinch miserly chintzy narrow scotch small-minded pimping niggard skimpingly meanly stingily pikerism meanness smallness careful contracted nigh scaly nippy carking closefisted hardfisted ironfisted