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stingy

/stin-jee/US // ˈstɪn dʒi //UK // (ˈstɪndʒɪ) //

小气,吝啬,悭吝,吝啬鬼

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est.

    • : reluctant to give or spend; not generous; penurious: He's a stingy old miser.
    • : scanty or meager: a stingy little income.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.penny-pinching, averse to spending money
Synonyms
frugal节俭的,俭朴的,俭朴,节俭greedy贪婪的,贪婪,贪心的,贪婪的人miserly吝啬的人,吝啬鬼,吝啬的,吝啬selfish自私的,自私,自私自利,自我thrifty节俭的,节俭,勤俭节约,俭朴ungenerous不宽厚,不宽松,不慷慨,心胸狭隘acquisitive掌握的,购置性的,掌握,购置avaricious贪婪的,贪婪,贪得无厌,贪财chary寒冰,寒冰冰cheap廉价,廉价的,便宜的,便宜chintzy懊恼,懊恼的,懊悔,懊丧churlish厚颜无耻,无聊,无礼,无礼的close关闭,密切,结束,靠近close-fisted近乎苛刻的,近身肉搏,严密的,近距离接触costive昂贵的,昂贵,昂贵的价格,价值连城covetous贪婪的,贪婪,觊觎,贪婪的人curmudgeonly古怪的,古惑仔,老顽固,古怪的人economical经济,经济性,经济的,经济实惠extortionate敲诈勒索,敲诈,敲诈性,敲诈性的grasping掌握,抓取,抓住,握紧grudging苛刻的,勉强的,勉强,严酷的ignoble卑鄙无耻,卑鄙,卑鄙的,卑微的illiberal非自由主义者,不自由,非自由主义,不自由的ironfisted铁腕,铁腕的,铁腕治国,铁腕人物mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小near靠近,濒临,靠近的,迩来parsimonious吝啬的,吝啬的人,精明的,简洁的pennywise聪明,聪明人,睿智,智慧penurious奢华的,奢华,奢侈的,奢侈petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎pinchpenny掐指一算,掐尖,掐尖儿,掐指算来rapacious贪婪的,贪婪,贪欲,贪得无厌saving节约,拯救,节省,储蓄scurvy坏血病,伤寒症,恶性肿瘤,败血症sordid龌龊的,龌龊,肮脏的,污秽不堪的sparing节约,节省开支,节省费用,节约的tightfisted狭隘的,狭义的,狭隘的人,严密的uncharitable不善言辞,不友善的,不慈善的,不善言辞的ungiving不宽容,不宽容的,无私奉献,不宽恕

Examples

  • It is a small price to pay to punish the first player for being so stingy.

  • When it was the dogs’ turn to offer food to their human partners, the canines were no more likely to press the button to provide food for the helpful human than for the stingy one.

  • On the other end, he put up the seventh-best season in defensive RAPTOR, laying the foundation for the league’s second-stingiest defense overall.

  • Even with their newly potent offense, the Hawks will have their work cut out for them in a first round, as they match up with a stingy New York Knicks team that allowed the fewest points of any team this season.

  • Like many of the walled gardens — all of which are known for being stingy with access to information — Twitter may be hesitant to provide the level of access necessary for MRC to conduct its audits.

  • His post-election press conference was too long, too provocative, and too stingy in his phoned-in praise for the winners.

  • The city is notoriously stingy with snow days, closing schools less than 10 times since 1978, including Friday.

  • Any way you look at it, corporate America has been very stingy.

  • Tired of being a poster child for stingy salaries, Walmart snarkily takes a leading left-wing critic to task.

  • John Paul Getty, Jr. was a major philanthropist, to a slew of causes, and he was not stingy.

  • He smiled a little, in his stingy way of doing it, taking her hand to allay her tumult of distress.

  • Let us rather remember that the Rev. Matthew Gibson was crazed, stingy withal, and had no child by his wife.

  • "It would be cruel to demand a large sum from that old and stingy man," remarked Le Glorieux.

  • "Since he knows so well how to make gold, I wonder why he is so stingy," whispered the jester to Antoine.

  • Kichibei, the eel-broiler, on finding this out, thought he would charge his stingy neighbor for the smell of his eels.