penurious

penurious

1. of,relating to,or characteristic of a miser; avaricious,grasping,and penurious

与守财奴有关的，具有守财奴特性的；贪婪的、吝啬的且一毛不拔的

2. But the price was right for penurious law students: seventy-five dollars a month.

但是房子的租金对于不大方的法学院大学生还是很合适的：每个月75美元。

3. If the trees are too expensive this year, plastic will look attractive, or some families will willingly go without. (One penurious year, my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.) Information is abundant;

如果今年圣诞树过于昂贵的话，塑料圣诞树将走俏，一些家庭也可能会放弃购买圣诞树。(在经济拮据的一年，我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树。

4. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious, grasping, and penurious.

守财奴似的与守财奴有关的，具有守财奴特性的；贪婪的、吝啬的且一毛不拔的

5. many very penurious people are poor, while free spenders often get rich.

很多吝啬人都是穷人，而有些大手花钱的人总是很富有；

6. Raised on a hog farm in Hunan Province, she laughs off the penurious ways of her parents and grandparents.

李小姐在湖南省的一家养猪场长大，她嘲笑祖父母及父母吝啬的生活方式。

7. Getting rich is not the result of saving, or "thrift";many very penurious people are poor, while free spenders often get rich.

节俭或吝啬也无法让人致富，因为有很多小气的人却还是很穷，而有很多人挥金如土却反而非常富有。

8. penurious adj.

贫困的;

9. a penurious land.

贫瘠的土地

10. This idiom means a person who is very penurious .

这个成语比喻非常吝啬。

11. （One penurious year， my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.

（在经济拮据的一年，我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树。）