1. 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。

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2. 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。

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3. 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!

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4. But I was not because of penny-pinching, it is because the body can not draw.
可我不是因为囊中羞涩,就是因为抽不了身。

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5. 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。

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6. 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。

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7. 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。

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8. 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。

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9. 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。

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10. 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。

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11. 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。

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12. 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。

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13. 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。

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14. 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。

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15. 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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16. 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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