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

• Even though he is odious, stingy, wicked.
  尽管他是一个讨厌的，吝啬的，邪恶的。
• He is stingy& just like a miser.
  他真抠搜，像个守财奴。
• She's so stingy that she never tips.
  她吝啬得从来不给小费。
• 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。
• Don't be so stingy!
  不要那么吝啬！
• Winston was not a stingy man.
  温斯顿不是个小气之人。
• Don't be so stingy with the money!
  用钱不要那样小手小脚！
• He is so stingy. I can't believe he won't pay for his mother's dinner.
  他好小气，我不敢相信他不帮他妈妈付晚餐钱。
• He is extremely frugal, not to say stingy.
  不说他吝啬，至少他也是极其节俭的。
• 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。