(noun.) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
编辑:利拉
双语例句
The high rate of profit seems everywhere to destroy that parsimony which, in other circumstances, is natural to the character of the merchant. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The parsimony which leads to accumulation has become almost as rare in republican as in monarchical governments. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The want of parsimony, in time of peace, imposes the necessity of contracting debt in time of war. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Independent of this necessity, he is, in such a situation, naturally disposed to the parsimony requisite for accumulation. 亚当·斯密.国富论.