来自拉丁语parcere,节省，储蓄，适度，可能来自parum,小的，少的，来自PIE*pau,少的，词源同few,poor.-mony,名词后缀。后词义贬义化。

1. A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny , famous for his parsimony.

有个经典例子出自以吝啬著称的喜剧演员杰克·班尼.

2. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.

由于官方过于吝啬，仅制造了那一台机器。

3. Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct.

节俭使资本增长, 挥霍和运用不当使资本减少.

4. Combined with the human tyrosinase gene sequence, the gene tree was constructed using parsimony method.

结合已发表人的序列, 用简约法构建了基因树.

5. Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.

一些偶尔来德国的人会认为,吝啬是德国人的典型特征,这种想法也许可以谅解.