English Dictionary

parsimonious

IPA（発音記号）

/pɑː.sɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/

形容詞

Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal to excess. / Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures. / (sports) Not conceding many goals.

日本語の意味

倹約的な、非常に節約的な（お金の使い方が厳格で控えめな） / 仮定や推測を極力少なくして物事を説明する（最小限主義的な考え方） / スポーツにおいて、相手にあまり得点を許さない

The parsimonious librarian mended torn book covers instead of buying replacements.

倹約的な司書は、買い替えずに破れた本のカバーを修理した。

意味（1）

Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal to excess.

He was regular in his habits, parsimonious, and industrious; but he lacked all talent needed at the bar—he had neither address, nor eloquence, nor ingenuity.

意味（2）

Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.

Statistical methods offer the ability to enforce parsimonious selection of the most influential potential predictors of each gene's state.

意味（3）

(sports) Not conceding many goals.

They played like a team that was in a hurry to get back to the Premier League. Norwich City had dismantled the most parsimonious defence in the Championship inside the opening quarter of an hour and at the final whistle it was the yellow end, rather than Middlesbrough’s banks of red, where the euphoria could be found.

more parsimonious （ comparative ）

most parsimonious （ superlative ）