penurious

[pi'njuəriəs]

adj. 吝啬的, 缺乏的, 贫困的

词形变化：

副词: penuriously | 名词: penuriousness |

a.

1. 小气的

2. 穷困的; 不足的

penurious

词形变化：

副词: penuriously | 名词: penuriousness |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

greedy

penurious[pi'njuəriəs]adj.1.■吝啬的，小气的2.■拮据的，贫穷的，赤贫的3.■不足的，缺乏的近义词stingy

1. extremely poor; poverty-stricken
   赤贫的，极端贫困的
   a penurious old tramp.
   一贫如洗的老流浪汉。
   ■characterized by poverty or need
   不足的，缺乏的
   penurious years.
   饥荒年。
   
2. parsimonious; mean
   吝啬的，小气的
   he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife.
   与他吝啬小气的妻子相比，他慷慨又好客。
   

1. late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin penuriosus, from Latin penuria 'need, scarcity' (see penury)
   

penurious

形容词 penurious:

not having enough money to pay for necessities

同义词：hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched

excessively unwilling to spend

同义词：parsimonious

penurious

■of,relating to,or characteristic of a miser; avaricious,grasping,and penurious

与守财奴有关的，具有守财奴特性的；贪婪的、吝啬的且一毛不拔的

■But the price was right for penurious law students: seventy-five dollars a month.

但是房子的租金对于不大方的法学院大学生还是很合适的：每个月75美元。

■If the trees are too expensive this year, plastic will look attractive, or some families will willingly go without. (One penurious year, my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.) Information is abundant;

如果今年圣诞树过于昂贵的话，塑料圣诞树将走俏，一些家庭也可能会放弃购买圣诞树。(在经济拮据的一年，我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树。

■Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious, grasping, and penurious.

守财奴似的与守财奴有关的，具有守财奴特性的；贪婪的、吝啬的且一毛不拔的

■many very penurious people are poor, while free spenders often get rich.

很多吝啬人都是穷人，而有些大手花钱的人总是很富有；

■Raised on a hog farm in Hunan Province, she laughs off the penurious ways of her parents and grandparents.

李小姐在湖南省的一家养猪场长大，她嘲笑祖父母及父母吝啬的生活方式。

■Getting rich is not the result of saving, or "thrift";many very penurious people are poor, while free spenders often get rich.

节俭或吝啬也无法让人致富，因为有很多小气的人却还是很穷，而有很多人挥金如土却反而非常富有。

■penurious adj.

贫困的;

■a penurious land.

贫瘠的土地

■This idiom means a person who is very penurious .

这个成语比喻非常吝啬。

■（One penurious year， my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.

（在经济拮据的一年，我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树。）