1.吝啬,小气;过度节俭
1.great frugality or unwillingness to spend money
2.economy in the use of means to achieve something, especially the principle of endorsing the simplest explanation that covers a case
1.Parsimony is one of the best, and yet is not innocent: for it withholds men from works of liberality and charity.
吝啬是最好的一种，但也不是清白无罪。因为它束缚人们做慷慨施舍与慈善救人的工作。
2.But over the years, even as he drove his wife nuts with his parsimony, he harbored a deep secret.
虽然这些年来，他的吝啬甚至使他妻子发疯，他心底却深藏着一个秘密。
3.As the discussant points out, parsimony of diagnosis is an important standard in modern medicine; however, this principle can fail us.
正如讨论者所指出的，诊断的简约性原则是现代医学的一个重要标准；但是，这个原则可能使我们诊治失败。
4.A fantastic story, like a horse with wings, flies in the face of the principle of parsimony.
一个完美的故事需要有天马行空的思想，完全不用考虑简约的原则。
5.THE humble but industrious ant has long served as a metaphor for the economic virtues of simplicity, parsimony and diligence.
很长时间以来，卑微但是勤勉的蚂蚁一直都被看过是勤劳节俭等经济美德的比喻。
6.Convenience? Parsimony? Serendipity?
这是为了方便、省钱？
7.want rates to be low to encourage business investment, and to discourage consumer parsimony.
希望低利率能够刺激投资，并鼓励消费者松开捂紧的口袋。
8.Many explanations have been offered for the parsimony of Chinese consumers .
中国消费者保持节俭是有众多理由的。
9.However much Asians trumpet the value of parsimony, their governments have been as bold as any in opening the fiscal sluices.
无论亚洲国家如何大力宣扬节俭的价值，它们的政府在大开财政支出之闸门方面都毫不比他国怯懦。
10.The beneficiaries of the new parsimony are, unsurprisingly, firms that offer low prices.
不出意外，此次新节俭潮流的受益者就是那些提供廉价商品的公司。