penurious 

  1. 形容詞
一毛不拔的, 吝嗇的
小氣的, , 視錢如命的
缺乏的, 不足的
窮困的

    同義字詞
cheap,chintzy,close,closefisted,mean,miserly,niggard,niggardly,parsimonious,penny-pinching,spare,sparing,stingy,stinting,tight,tightfisted,uncharitable,ungenerous
beggared,beggarly,broke,destitute,dirt-poor,down-and-out,famished,hard up,impecunious,impoverished,indigent,necessitous,needful,needy,pauperized,penniless,poor,poverty-stricken

例句

  1. It was sometimes used by penurious governments to reduce costs.
  2. A Penurious Doctor.–Doctor DUFLIGNY left the reputation of extreme penuriousness.
  3. In private and public expenditures he was extremely economical, but not penurious .
  4. His machine, says Lockard, was "efficient, conservative, penurious , and in absolute control.
  5. If you are a student or a young penurious worker try this ruse a fellow student of mine developed.