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

• Mike would never buy us dinner. He is such a stingy person!
  麦克决不会请我们吃晚餐的。他是个小气鬼！
• He is extremely frugal, not to say stingy.
  不说他吝啬，至少他也是极其节俭的。
• 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。
• Winston was not a stingy man.
  温斯顿不是个小气之人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't be so stingy!
  不要那么吝啬！
• It seemed to be my fault that I was too stingy to lend my trifle name.
  似乎是我的错误，我太吝啬，一个小小的名字都不愿借给别人用一用。
• How stingy he is!
  这人真抠！