查询词典 penny-pinch

This dimension of performance has until recently sufficed as a basis of evaluation, but it has created a penny-pinching, mechanistic culture in most factories that has kept away creative managers.

直到最近这一表现的范围才足够用做评价的基础，但还是非常微小，众多工厂的机械性的文化赶走了创意的经理。

Yet in public, at least, Mr Cameron is thinking more in terms of penny-pinching efficiencies than about structural reform.

但卡梅伦一味在细节问题上锱铢必较，没有着眼于整体结构改革。

With the exception of cars - whose price and performance define one's social standing - in almost all areas of life penny-pinching is considered a virtue.

几乎在所有生活领域，节俭都被视为一种美德，只有汽车消费除外，因为汽车的价格和性能显示一个人的社会地位。

But the long lines and frayed nerves actually started last week, as many penny-pinching travelers booked earlier, and less expensive, flights.

但是长途旅行和人们神经紧绷的状态实际上从上周就开始了，许多节俭的游客预定了较早的便宜机票。

You look like a decent man, but what a penny-pinching man you are!

看似挺有脸面的，却这么小气！

This latest outbreak of unseemly penny-pinching is symptomatic of a governmental tin ear when it comes to the armed forces.

近期这一连串不体面的吝啬举动充分表明政府对军队漠不关心。

Ming is living in cheap university accommodation arranged by the penny-pinching Principal Li Zhe.

抠门的李校长安排明住在简陋的大学宿舍里。

I'm not the only penny-wise, pound-foolish cheapskate out there.

我不是世上唯一的那个在小钱上精打细算的。。

I know. But I think you're just being penny-wise, pound-foolish!

我知道。可是我觉得你这样是「省小条、花大条」！

I hope this doesn't become a penny-wise, pound-foolish scheme.

我希望它不要是一个省小钱，吃大亏的布局。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！