penurious

This idiom means a person who is very penurious .

这个成语比喻非常吝啬。

But he presents himself as self-effacing and penurious.

他自己则总以低调和简朴的形象出现在公众场合。

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

"He lived in the most penurious manner, and denied himself every indulgence" (William Godwin).

“他以最简朴的方式生活着，抵制一切奢侈” （威廉·葛德文）。

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。

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。

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。

（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。）

He lived in the most penurious manner, and denied himself every indulgence

他以最简朴的方式生活着，抵制一切奢侈

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

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；

Mental Health Status of Penurious Undergraduates and the Pedagogical Countermeasure

高校贫困生心理健康状况及教育对策

a penurious land.

贫瘠的土地

penurious

adj. 吝啬的, 缺乏的, 贫困的

penurious adj.

贫困的;

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。