[mass noun]extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources 吝啬,极度节俭,小气 a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony. 由于政府的吝啬,公众设计的伟大传统被破坏了。
常用词组 principle (或law) of parsimony
the scientific principle that things are usually connected or behave in the simplest or most economical way, especially with reference to alternative evolutionary pathways 简约法则。 比较 Occam's razor
语源
late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere 'be sparing'