汉英词典
MEANING OF 錙銖必較
錙銖必較
(锱铢必较)
to haggle over every cent (idiom)
锱、铢 Are very small units of weight in ancient times / The description is very stingy, and you must care about very little money / It is also a metaphor for being narrow and having to care about even small things
指对很少的钱或很小的事﹐都十分计较。
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中国人民银行的调整则可谓锱铢必较，胜于他人。 But the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is more particular. | ||
而财政危机或许会迫使两个大党变得一样锱铢必较。 The fiscal crisis may yet force the two big parties to be as specific. | ||
更急迫的问题是，为什么写“锱铢必较”专栏的人，反倒变得不那么节俭了呢？岂非适得其反？ The more pressing question: Why would writing a column on being cheap make a person less so? Wouldn't it have the opposite effect? | ||
拒人于千里之外，就是看到无家可归的人时只注意到他看起来是多么凌乱，并锱铢必较地想着如果他身无分文又为何有一个7-11思乐冰杯。 Separation is looking at the homeless person and focusing on how unkempt he looks, and criticizing why he has a 7-11 Slurpee cup if he is out of money. | ||
