Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.
政府吝啬被指责是食品标准下降的原因。
Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.
精打细算的英国消费者们会从折扣店里选择更加廉价的产品,比如Aldi和Lidl,而不是其他奢侈的店铺。
If you say someone is penny-pinching, you mean that they don't want to spend money on things.
Penny pinching的意思啊,就是说一个人特别小气,不愿意花钱。
But Vegas is suffering - visitor Numbers have fallen as penny-pinching gamblers stay away.
但是拉斯维加斯正处于困境,因为囊中羞涩的赌徒不再光顾,此地旅客人数锐减。
What's more, the penny-pinching has nothing much to do with the fact that Britain is skint.
更要紧的是,这吝啬基本不是因为英国真的是个穷光蛋。
I don't like to spend money on useless things. Some of my friends say I am penny-pinching.
我不喜欢花钱买无用的东西,有的朋友说我小气。
Japanese firms have tried to be as penny-pinching on pay in their foreign operations as they have at home.
日本企业在外国试图像它们在国内那样小气。
This danger does not justify penny-pinching now: that could merely prompt a bigger collapse in economic activity and even larger deficits.
高赤字风险并不说明节俭的政策就合理:那只会使经济更加崩溃,赤字甚至会更高。
What that means, however, is taking on the big long-term issues, above all health costs - not grandstanding and penny-pinching over short-term spending to help a distressed economy.
但是,负责任的财政政策指的是对付大的、长期的问题,首先是医疗成本问题,而不是在短期开支上哗众取宠,锱铢必较,从而使经济遭受损失。
Scrooge McDuck, the " penny-pinching poultry" with a fortune in gold coins whose estimated worth is $44.1 billion, headed the list of Forbes' "Fictional 15" wealthiest imaginary characters.
贪婪的老鸭、吸血鬼以及早熟的孩子等虚拟人物纷纷上榜。 “守财奴”史高治•麦克老鸭(译者注:迪斯尼动画中唐老鸭的舅舅)在《福布斯》15位最富有虚拟人物榜中高居榜首,它囤积了估价达441亿美元的金币。
It's hard to stay upbeat when your penny-pinching bosses are counting paper clips and coffee grains, but here's some good news: workplace discontent may just be a vast, untapped source of creativity.
在看到的抠门的老板斤斤计较着办公用品和咖啡粉的开销时,你肯定心里很是不爽。可是,这个时候,也有些好事情出现:办公室里的不满情绪也正在是一种巨大的,难以压抑的创造力之源。
Penny pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.
精打细算的英国消费者会选择Aldi和Lidl 等折扣店的廉价产品,而不是奢侈品。
Women dislike what they perceive to be the men's insecurity, fear of failure, penny pinching, inferiority complexes, and prioritization of his extended family over his own wife and kids.
女性们不喜欢凤凰男的不安全感,害怕失败,吝啬。自卑以及优先考虑自己的大家庭而不是自己的妻儿。
Women dislike what they perceive to be the men's insecurity, fear of failure, penny pinching, inferiority complexes, and prioritization of his extended family over his own wife and kids.
女性们不喜欢凤凰男的不安全感,害怕失败,吝啬。自卑以及优先考虑自己的大家庭而不是自己的妻儿。
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