精打细算的 meaning in English
bean-counting
Examples
- Trina had always been an economical little body .
屈丽娜一向就是这么个精打细算的人。 - He was a careful man .
他是一个精打细算的人。 - No calculating planter would care to part with a crippled slave for the current price of one dollar .
任何精打细算的种植园主都不会为了当时的时价一美元而把这个跛脚的奴隶买掉。 - In his childhood he had suffered from the scanty living consequent upon bad times, and improvident habits .
他在儿童时代，一定为了工业不景气和缺乏精打细算的习惯，曾经度过艰苦的生活。 - We have quoted this price based on careful calculations
这个报价是我们在精打细算的基础上得出来的。