penny-pinching

Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives .

吝啬的英国消费者们会从诸如阿尔迪和利德这样的折扣店里选择更加廉价的产品，而不是其他奢侈的店铺。

Penny-pinching chefs cook with waste oil from fryers and sewers , a toxic ingredient known as gutter oil that generally goes unnoticed until diners get sick .

吝啬的厨师会用从油炸锅及下水道中回收的废油做菜，而这种名为地沟油的有毒原料通常不会被注意到，直到食用者患病。

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。

A penny-pinching farmer didn 't want his hired hand to stop working .

一位农场主非常吝啬，不想让他雇佣的帮手停下来休息。

Penny-pinching landlords stinted their tenants on heat and hot water .

小气的房东在房客的取暖和热水供应上进行克扣

Like their penny-pinching cousins , these travellers go from one exotic destination to the next with no itinerary2 or tour operator to guide them , toting laptops and other hi-tech gear .

就像节约型游客一样，奢华背包客出国旅游时也没有旅行日程或者旅行社的引导，但他们随身携带手提电脑和高科技装备。

Good preventative health care means we cannot allow penny-pinching .

良好的预防性保健意味着我们不能舍不得花钱。

And life insurers struggle to sell policies when people are penny-pinching .

而对寿险公司而言，当人们变得吝啬的时候，销售保单就需要几经努力了。

Don 't be so penny-pinching ! It won 't cost that much !

别那么小气了，这花不了多少钱的！

We must strike a balance between reckless spending and penny-pinching .

我们必须在挥霍和吝啬之间找到平衡点。

LL : Penny-pinching is being very careful not to waste money .

哦，penny-pinching就是精打细算，一分钱掰成两半花的意思。

Local residents have accused the Council of penny-pinching .

当地居民指责市政委员会吝啬。

She muttered something to herself about penny-pinching miserly old men .

她喃喃自语地抱怨那些小气的老守财奴。

But Mr Johnson said 2012 would not be " some kind of mean-spirited , penny-pinching Games " .

但约翰逊表示，2012年奥运会不会成为“小气、寒酸的奥运会”。

Men turn from penny-pinching savers to big spenders if they think there is a shortage of women around them according to new research .

新研究显示，男性认为周围女性数量不足时就会从小气节俭变成慷慨大方。

The stocks of several large tech companies have had a rough time in recent years , thanks to the penny-pinching in it budgets .

由于各大公司缩减IT预算，许多大型科技公司的股票在近几年表现不佳。

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。

In " The Good Bargain " a Jewish man is likewise portrayed as a penny-pinching swindler .

在《好交易》中，一个犹太男人被描绘为守财吝啬的骗子。

Penny-pinching seems to have been a thing in the einstein household - a seven-room apartment .

爱因斯坦住的公寓有七间屋子，节俭似乎是他家的主题。

I sympathise with your plight , being a penny-pinching wine duffer myself .

我对你的处境深感同情，因为我本人也是一个锱铢必较的酒盲。

He has an entrepreneur 's obsession with costs , and relies on the kindness of powerful donors and old-fashioned penny-pinching to keep expenditure down .

他对成本有着一种创业者式的执迷。他依靠有实力的捐赠人的爱心与老式的锱铢必较来压低成本。

I 've had to ponder the times when my penny-pinching irritated my family or when I denied myself some small pleasure because it wasn 't the cheapest choice .

有时候，自己的锱铢必较让家人生气；有时候，因为想买的东西不是最便宜的，我不得不忍痛放弃。为了撰写专栏，这些情景我都得一样一样地回味。

Gordon Hewitt , a penny-pinching eccentric who used to read his paper in his car to save electricity , has left behind a 250,000 fortune after a lifetime of scrimping .

英国守财奴戈登休伊特在吝啬了一生之后，留下25万英镑的遗产。这位守财达人曾经为了省电而在车里读报。

His doctrine combines down-home style with ruthless penny-pinching and a zeal for logistical efficiency : it enabled Walmart to conquer America from its isolated home town , Bentonville .

他的经营原则将纯朴的风格，与每分钱成本都精打细算、对物流效率的热衷相结合，这使得沃尔玛能够走出总部所在的偏远城市本顿维尔（Bentonville），征服了美国市场。

Generics are nonetheless better alternatives for penny-pinching consumers than the knock-offs that abound in China , as they are subject to governmental regulation and contain the same active ingredients and dosage as the original drug .

虽然如此，对想省钱的消费者来说，仿制药仍比中国无所不在的假货好得多，因为仿制药受到政府监管，含有相同的活性成分，剂量也与原药相同。

That said , I have noticed at generic tastings in London that potential exporters have been told so often that the UK market is dangerously competitive , and British wine buyers horribly penny-pinching , that some tend not to bother to show their top wines .

也就是说，我在伦敦通用品酒会上注意到潜在的出口商通常被告知英国市场竞争异常激烈，英国葡萄酒的买家抠门到极点，有些酒庄一般舍不得展出最好的酒。