parsimony

英 [ˈpɑːsɪməni]

美 [ˈpɑːrsɪmoʊni]

n.  悭吝; 吝啬; 小气

GRE

BNC.32880 / COCA.28966

牛津词典

noun

• 悭吝；吝啬；小气
  the fact of being extremely unwilling to spend money

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 小气；吝啬
  Parsimonyis extreme unwillingness to spend money.
  1. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
     由于官方过于吝啬，仅制造了那一台机器。

英英释义

noun

• extreme stinginess
  Synonym:meannessminginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimoniousnesstightnesstightfistednesscloseness
• extreme care in spending money
  Synonym:parsimoniousnessthriftpenny-pinching

双语例句

• The Kimura's 2-Parameter sequence divergences were calculated and molecular phylogenetic trees were reconstructed by using the neighbor-joining ( NJ) and maximum parsimony ( MP) methods as well as Bayesian inference.
  采用Kimura双参数模型计算遗传距离：并用邻接法（NJ）、最大简约法（MP）和贝叶斯法（Bayesian）重建了黄颡鱼属鱼类的分子系统树。
• The Asians 'parsimony made the Anglo-Saxons' profligacy possible.
  亚洲人的过度节约给盎格鲁撒克逊人创造了肆意挥霍的可能性。
• The Mental Image Representation Underlying the Law of Parsimony: Interpreting the MHD in Another Way Cognitive Analysis of Politeness Causing Misunderstandings or Errors in Verbal Communication
  表象&认知吝啬原则：MHD问题另释礼貌原则下言语交际失误的认知成因
• The phylogenetic trees were established by neighbor joining, maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods together with the morphological study in the genus Enteromorpha.
  通过使用邻接法、最大简约法、最大似然法和贝叶斯法建立了基于以上三种不同基因序列的系统发育树，并与形态学的研究方法相结合，研究了浒苔属的系统发育关系。
• Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
  由于官方过于吝啬，仅制造了那一台机器。
• Although we generally like to invoke occam's razor, for some patients we cannot follow the rule of diagnostic parsimony.
  尽管我们通常喜欢采用奥克姆剃刀原则来解释疾病，但对于某些病人，我们不能遵循这个诊断简约性规律。
• A little later Norton reminded them of Hamilton's Law of Parsimony, the application of which they immediately claimed for every reasoning process of theirs.
  不久诺尔屯又反提醒他们汉密尔顿的悭吝律。他们随即宣称他们的每一个推理过程都是应用着这一规律的。
• Taking isolate USA as outgroup, the phylogenetic tree was constructed by means of maximum parsimony analysis, and the genetic evolution among isolates was analyzed.
  以USA为外类群利用最大简约法构建了大豆疫霉根腐病菌的系统发生树，并分析了菌株之间的遗传进化关系。
• There are three frequently used method: distance method, maximum parsimony method, and maximum likelihood method.
  目前常用的构建发生树的方法有三种，即距离法、最大简约法和最大似然法。
• Pressure on banks to exercise more parsimony and caution has escalated in recent weeks.
  近几周来，各银行惜贷及慎贷压力正逐步升级。