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单词 parsimonious
释义
parsimonious
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌpɑː.sɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/us
/ˌpɑːr.səˈmoʊ.ni.əs/
notwillingtospendmoneyor to give or use a lot of something:
She's too parsimonious toheatthehouseproperly.她太节省了，甚至都舍不得给房子供足暖气。
Ithinkthatpoliticiansare often parsimoniouswiththe(= do nottellthecomplete)truth.我认为政客们常常不愿说出全部事实真相。
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parsimoniously
parsimony
(Definition ofparsimoniousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
parsimonious
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˌpɑː.sɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/us
/ˌpɑːr.səˈmoʊ.ni.əs/
notwillingtospendmoneyor give something
吝啬小气的，过度节俭的
She's too parsimonious toheatthehouseproperly.她太节省了，甚至都舍不得给房子供足暖气。
figurativeIthinkthatpoliticiansare often parsimoniouswiththe(= do nottellthecomplete)truth.我认为政客们常常不愿说出全部事实真相。

Examplesofparsimonious

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The exclusion of the uninformative characters does not change the resulting mostparsimonioustrees.
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Although these various practices are the subject matter of this book, the authors, however, are somewhatparsimoniousin their presentation of empirical detail.
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In thisparsimoniousmodel, the parameters have a ready interpretation.
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It is therefore natural andparsimoniousfor agents to use these existing external identifiers when communicating with other agents.
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If science aims to identifyparsimoniousmodels with large explanatory power, the inclusion of other factors into the theory is not warranted.
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The mostparsimoniousexplanation would be that no functional synapses were formed in the outer plexiform layer to allow for synaptic transmission in these mice.
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It may be moreparsimoniousto suggest that recall observed before 2 years of age is explicit, but not necessarily episodic (autobiographical).
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Epidemiological processes appear to be the mostparsimoniousexplanation for the diversity, abundance and distribution of ectoparasite species infecting fish.
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In conclusion, epidemiology is the mostparsimoniousexplanation of the order that may be observed in ectoparasite assemblages.
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The numbers above each node represent the percentage of the 24 equallyparsimonioustrees supporting each clade.
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We suggest that studying a moreparsimoniouscase definition - impairing chronic fatigue not due to a known cause - would represent a way forward.
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This is something that rational choice theorists often neglect, in their desire to attain rigorous and, hence,parsimoniousexplanation.
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We believe, however, that the framework that we propose does provide aparsimoniousexplanation for many apparently unrelated breast cancer behaviors.
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It appears that the brain is not aparsimoniousinstrument, but rather one that assigns specific operations to particular subsystems.
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This model provided a good fit to the data, although the equivalent two-factor common pathway model was moreparsimonious.
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