单词:stingiest
a. 小气的, 吝啬的( stingy的最高级 )
a unwilling to spend
a deficient in amount or quality or extent
a deficient in amount or quality or extent
词性分布:
stingy的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- After the death of his stingy wife,Edward loosened up a great deal.爱德华在吝啬的妻子死后,用钱广大方得多了。
- 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。
- Since when have you been so stingy?你是什么时候变得这样小气的?
- Although I don't like wasting money,I either cannot accept the strict budgeting and stingy man.虽然我不爱乱花钱,但也接受不了精打细算,小气的男人。
经典引文
I know your meaning..and your stingy..Innuendo.
出自:E. HickeringillThose are very stingy nettles.
出自:Oxford English DictionaryHe was never stingy of cash.
出自:J. A. SymondsThe..Administration is stingy about the..information it releases.
出自:National Observer (US)He was a penniless student forced by his stingy brother to seek employment.
出自:B. BainbridgeHis father had been very stingy with the divorce settlement.
出自:R. Jaffe
【近义词】
- ungenerous心胸狭窄的
- miserly吝啬的
- cheap便宜的
- closefisted吝啬的
- parsimonious极度节省的
- sparing节约的
- grudging吝惜的
- tightfisted吝啬的
- mean意思是
- penny-pinching小气
- meagre瘦的
- meagerly瘦地
- scrimpy不足的
- meager贫乏的
【反义词】
- generous慷慨的