pound-foolish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money.
    — Accordingly, by Dr. Chen's method of calculation, the copayment experience would have to be deemed even more pound-foolish than we found it to be.

词形变化

more pound-foolish comparative most pound-foolish superlative

词源

From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary