a. 小气的, 吝啬的( stingy的最高级 )
a unwilling to spend
a deficient in amount or quality or extent

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stingy的用法和样例:

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用作形容词(adj.)
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Since when have you been so stingy?你是什么时候变得这样小气的?
  4. 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. Hickeringill
  • Those are very stingy nettles.

    出自:Oxford English Dictionary
  • He was never stingy of cash.

    出自:J. A. Symonds
  • The..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. Bainbridge
  • His father had been very stingy with the divorce settlement.

    出自:R. Jaffe
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