parsimony

英 [ˈpɑːsɪməni]

美 [ˈpɑːrsɪmoʊni]

n.  悭吝; 吝啬; 小气

GRE

BNC.32880 / COCA.28966

牛津词典

noun

• 悭吝；吝啬；小气
  the fact of being extremely unwilling to spend money

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 小气；吝啬
  Parsimonyis extreme unwillingness to spend money.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• extreme stinginess
  Synonym:meannessminginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimoniousnesstightnesstightfistednesscloseness
• extreme care in spending money
  Synonym:parsimoniousnessthriftpenny-pinching

双语例句

• Pressure on banks to exercise more parsimony and caution has escalated in recent weeks.
  近几周来，各银行惜贷及慎贷压力正逐步升级。
• 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。
• The Mental Image Representation Underlying the Law of Parsimony: Interpreting the MHD in Another Way Cognitive Analysis of Politeness Causing Misunderstandings or Errors in Verbal Communication
  表象&认知吝啬原则：MHD问题另释礼貌原则下言语交际失误的认知成因
• I chose now to live retired, frugal, and within ourselves. Rule of Parsimony: Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration that nothing else will do.
  节俭准则：只在通过原型澄清后才编写大的程序。
• It is still using the traditional design, overall design parsimony appears to be agile.
  该机仍采用传统的直板造型设计，整体的设计风格显得简约利落。
• An evolutionary tree containing 18 taxons was reconstructed using 8 gene sequence data ( minus 3rd codon position transition information), which convered 3 plant genomes, by maximum parsimony method.
  应用最大简约法，并利用3个基因组的共8个基因序列（去除了编码基因密码子第3位点的转换信息）对18个植物分类群进行了系统发育树的构建研究。
• We investigated the phylogeny of the parasitoid wasp family Eulophidae ( Hymenoptera) using nuclear 18S rDNA partial sequences with maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference methods of sequence analysis.
  本文基于18Srdna部分序列，用MP和Baysian方法研究了姬小蜂科的系统发育，对姬小蜂科的单系性及其与其它小蜂科间的关系进行了讨论。
• 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。
• The Asians 'parsimony made the Anglo-Saxons' profligacy possible.
  亚洲人的过度节约给盎格鲁撒克逊人创造了肆意挥霍的可能性。
• Although we generally like to invoke occam's razor, for some patients we cannot follow the rule of diagnostic parsimony.
  尽管我们通常喜欢采用奥克姆剃刀原则来解释疾病，但对于某些病人，我们不能遵循这个诊断简约性规律。