penny-pinching 

英汉解释

adj. 小气的，吝啬的
n. 小气
v. 对…吝啬（penny-pinch的ing形式）

同义词

n. parsimoniousness，parsimony，thrift
a. cheeseparing，close，near，skinny

参考例句

1. What's more, the penny-pinching has nothing much to do with the fact that Britain is skint.
更要紧的是，这吝啬基本不是因为英国真的是个穷光蛋。
2. That's changing now, as Chinese demand slows at the same time that consumers world-wide start penny-pinching.
但现在情况发生了变化，在全球消费者开始节衣缩食的同时，中国的需求也开始放缓。
3. 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。

英英解释

n.
  1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
  2. giving or spending with reluctance

网络释义

penny-pinching
小气; 吝啬的; 节俭;
narrowness penny-pinching pettiness scaliness smallness stinginess
小气;