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tightwad的意思

tightwad


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  • n.吝啬鬼;小气鬼;守财奴
  • 网络吝啬鬼镇

英汉释义

  • n.

    1.吝啬鬼

英英释义

  • n.

    1.someone who always tries to avoid spending money

英汉例句

  • 1."Here's a hundred, " said the tightwad. "Just loosen them up a bit. "

    “这里是一百块,”吝啬鬼说。“只要稍微把它们松动一点就好了!”

  • 2.Another thing to consider is whether he expects you to be a tightwad, too.

    另外一件需要考虑的事是他是否期望你也变成一个守财奴。

  • 3.I know I should let this go, but I don't like being lied to and she's such a tightwad .

    我知道不该这么想,但是我不喜欢对我说谎,而且她还是如此的吝啬。

  • 4.But growth never came. Tightwad, population 63, has eight more residents now than when the bank opened.

    吝啬鬼镇目前的居民为63人,与该银行刚开业时相比仅仅增加了8个人。

  • 5.Two months after the Tightwad Bank opened in May 1984, an article on it appeared in The Kansas City Times. Word began to spread.

    “吝啬鬼”银行于1984年5月开张营业,仅两个月后《堪萨斯城时报》便载文对其加以肯定,于是这家银行开始声名远播。

  • 6.And while I remain a tightwad on most things, I've become a more-liberal tipper and generally get less agitated about small expenditures.

    尽管我在大部分事情上仍很吝啬,但我给的小费更多了,通常对小的花费也不再那么斤斤计较了。

  • 7.She's such a penny pincher . 5. He's such a tightwad. 6. Money means everything to her.

    她真是个守财奴。他真是个小气鬼。她视钱如命。

  • 8.My normally tightwad mother would open her purse with abandon when we were traveling, and I've never quite shaken the habit.

    当我在旅行时打开钱包时,母亲的忠告就完全忘记,我的坏习惯又回来了。

  • 9.Source for conserving financial resources . TightWad .

    节约财务资源的源头。

  • 10."The nightmares for a tightwad are sushi by the piece or a taxi where you have to watch the meter running, " Loewenstein says.

    Loewenstein说:“对于一个吝啬鬼而言,噩梦可能就是看到寿司涨价或者打车的时候看到计价器在飞涨”。

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