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

• 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。
• 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。
• Koza tried applying parsimony in other runs but found that parsimony added to the beginning of a run dampened the efficiency of the solutions.
  柯扎尝试在其他的运行中添加点简约性元素，却发现在运行开始加入的简约性元素降低了解决方案的效率。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the discussant points out, parsimony of diagnosis is an important standard in modern medicine; however, this principle can fail us.
  正如讨论者所指出的，诊断的简约性原则是现代医学的一个重要标准；但是，这个原则可能使我们诊治失败。
• In recent years, the time-varying parametric model, especially time-varying auto-regressive ( TVAR) parametric model is used to describe a nonstationary random signal widely for its parsimony and high resolution.
  时变自回归（TVAR）参数模型具有良好的参数压缩性和高分辨率特性，是近年来分析和处理非平稳随机信号的一种有效的方法。
• 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。
• An evolutionary tree containing 18 taxons was reconstructed using 8 gene sequence data ( minus 3rd codon position transition information), which convered 3 plant genomes, by maximum parsimony method.
  应用最大简约法，并利用3个基因组的共8个基因序列（去除了编码基因密码子第3位点的转换信息）对18个植物分类群进行了系统发育树的构建研究。