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

• He is not stingy at all; on the contrary, no one could be more generous.
  他一点儿也不吝啬，相反，没有比他更大方的了。
• They are known for being stingy and not trusting even blood relatives with their money.
  他们是被称为吝啬和不信任他们的钱甚至是血缘亲属。
• Even though he is odious, stingy, wicked.
  尽管他是一个讨厌的，吝啬的，邪恶的。
• We have no dealing with a stingy man.
  我们不和吝啬的人交往。
• I won't think that you are stingy!
  我不会觉得你是小气鬼！
• There was once a very poor person who was also very stingy.
  有一个很穷又很吝啬的人向上帝祷告。
• 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。
• How can you be so stingy after what the doctor has done for us?
  医生为我们做了那么多事，你们还怎么能这么吝啬？
• He is extremely frugal, not to say stingy.
  不说他吝啬，至少他也是极其节俭的。
• Winston was not a stingy man.
  温斯顿不是个小气之人。