詞典釋義：

吝嗇

stingy adj.吝嗇的；小氣的；不慷慨的

mean v.指示；表示；意味；意欲；打算；引起；造成；應該做；被要求做；意思是

miserly adj.守財奴的；吝嗇鬼的；小得可憐的；差得遠的

niggardly adj.吝嗇的；小氣的；貧乏的；不足的

常用 權威

常用

短語搭配

1. 吝嗇鬼

miser; niggard; pinch-fist; skinflint; tightwad

雙語例句

1. 他是個地地道道的吝嗇鬼。

He is a miser to the core.

2. 媽媽給她零花錢時很吝嗇。

Her mother’s very stingy about giving her pocket money.

3. 他全力相助，毫無吝嗇。

He went all out to help me without showing the slightest reluctance.

4. 他在金錢問題上很吝嗇。

He is mean with/about money matters.

5. 她太吝嗇了，不會給我寄明信片的。

She's too cheap to send me a postcard.

6. 我受不了傑弗裡，他真是一個老吝嗇鬼。

I can't stick Geoffrey―he's a real old misery.

7. 與他吝嗇小氣的妻子相反，他慷慨又好客。

He was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife.

8. 他們用大蒜從不吝嗇。

They're not mean with the garlic.

9. 在吃喝上他毫不吝嗇。

He doesn't stint on wining and dining.

10. 由於政府的吝嗇，公眾設計的偉大傳統被破壞了。

A great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony.

百科

吝嗇

吝嗇，消極的人格特徵，指個人對自己的財產、物品、 知識等過分看重，該花的不花，該用的東西也不用，從不願把金錢、情感、知識、物質奉獻給他人、集體和社會，缺乏自我犧牲精神，缺少社會責任感和義務感。

權威

釋義

形詞 stingy; mean; miserly; niggardly

1. 他在金錢問題上很吝嗇。

He is mean with/about money matters.

2. 媽媽給她零花錢時很吝嗇。

Her mother's very stingy about giving her pocket money.

3. 吝嗇的老頭

stingy/parsimonious/mean old man