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 parsimony network analysis of the17 haplotypes suggested that the genetic divergence is the result of long-term isolation of individual populations.
  通过对17个单倍型的简约网络分析表明，遗传趋异是不同种群长期隔离的结果。
• 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。
• 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。
• Combined with the human tyrosinase gene sequence, the gene tree was constructed using parsimony method.
  结合已发表人的序列，用简约法构建了基因树。
• 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 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。
• A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny, famous for his parsimony.
  有个经典例子出自以吝啬著称的喜剧演员杰克·班尼。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is still using the traditional design, overall design parsimony appears to be agile.
  该机仍采用传统的直板造型设计，整体的设计风格显得简约利落。