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stingy

英 [ˈstɪndʒi]

美 [ˈstɪndʒi]

adj.  小气的; 吝啬的

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BNC.33295 / COCA.18550

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 小气的;吝啬的
      not given or giving willingly; not generous, especially with money
      1. You're stingy! (= not willing to spend money)
        你真小气!
      2. Don't be so stingy with the cream!
        别那么舍不得放奶油!

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的
      If you describe someone asstingy, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money.
      1. The West is stingy with aid...
        西方在援助上有点吝啬。
      2. Winston was not a stingy man.
        温斯顿不是个小气之人。

    英英释义

    adj

    • deficient in amount or quality or extent
      1. meager resources
      2. meager fare
      Synonym:meagermeagremeagerlyscrimpy
    • unwilling to spend
      1. she practices economy without being stingy
      2. an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
      Synonym:ungenerous

    双语例句

    • No one like contact with people who is so stingy.
      对于这样小气的人,谁也不愿意和他打交道。
    • God is fair, as long as we struggle, he will not stingy, because Tiandaochouqi.
      上帝是公平的,只要我们奋斗,他定不吝啬,因为天道酬勤。
    • Or for being selfish and stingy?
      还是为幸福的自私和小气?
    • You malign a generous person when you call him a stingy person.
      当你说一个慷慨的人吝啬时,你就是在诋毁他。
    • She's so stingy that she never tips.
      她吝啬得从来不给小费。
    • After all, we shouldn't be stingy on safety.
      毕竟,我们不应该在油罐车的安全问题上小气。
    • If you keep on being stingy, you're never going to get a girlfriend.
      倘若你继续再这样小气下去,你永远交不到女朋友。
    • How stingy he is!
      这人真抠!
    • After all, we live in a stingy vacation culture.
      毕竟,我们生活在一个吝啬度假的文化当中。
    • But I don't want to be stingy just because she was.
      可是,我不想被人讥讽为象她一样的小气鬼。