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

• Don't be so stingy with the money!
  用钱不要那样小手小脚！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• We have no dealing with a stingy man.
  我们不和吝啬的人交往。
• 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。
• 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！
• The West is stingy with aid
  西方在援助上有点吝啬。