early 15c., from Latin parsimonia "sparingness, frugality, thrift," from pars-, past participle stem of parcere "to spare, save, refrain from, use moderately" (which is said to be unrelated to Latin parvus "small," parum "too little") + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.
雙語例句
1. A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny , famous for his parsimony.
有個經(jīng)典例子出自以吝嗇著稱的喜劇演員杰克·班尼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
由于官方過于吝嗇，僅制造了那一臺機(jī)器。
來自辭典例句
3. Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct.
節(jié)儉使資本增長, 揮霍和運(yùn)用不當(dāng)使資本減少.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Combined with the human tyrosinase gene sequence, the gene tree was constructed using parsimony method.
結(jié)合已發(fā)表人的序列, 用簡約法構(gòu)建了基因樹.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.