parsimony /'pa：simani US: -mauni; 'parsazmoni/ n [U] (formal) (usu as a bad quality) excessive carefulness in using money or (fig) immaterial things. (正式用語(yǔ)) 吝嗇; 小氣; 過(guò)份節(jié)省; (喻) 過(guò)于節(jié)約非物質(zhì)之物。 parsimonious /.pasi'maumas; ’pars。'monies/ adj too economical; miserly. 太節(jié)省的; 吝嗇的; 小氣的。