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

• 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。
• 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？
• We have no dealing with a stingy man.
  我们不和吝啬的人交往。
• The West is stingy with aid
  西方在援助上有点吝啬。
• 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。
• Even though he is odious, stingy, wicked.
  尽管他是一个讨厌的，吝啬的，邪恶的。
• Don't be so stingy!
  不要那么吝啬！
• Don't be so stingy with the money!
  用钱不要那样小手小脚！
• He's really stingy and never buys the drinks when we go out.
  他真的很小气，我们一起出去时他从来不请客喝酒。
• Stingy papa, I realize that I should be in love with her.
  悭钱爸爸，我发觉我已经爱上她了。