不要那么吝啬!
政府吝啬被指责是食品标准下降的原因。
Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.
仆人放下了他的小提琴,让吝啬鬼代替他坐上了绞架。
The countryman stopped his fiddle, and left the miser to take his place at the gallows.
这个故事中的吝啬鬼在物质上非常富有,但他在道德上却极其贫穷。
The miser in the story is really wealthy, but he is extremely poor in moral sense.
滴灌,或者“微”灌溉,顾名思义,是更吝啬于水,把水一滴一滴地滴到植物的根部。
Drip, or "micro" irrigation, as the name suggests, is stingier with the water, delivering it to the roots of plants drop by drop.
广受欢迎的博客《吝啬的美食家》记录了托尼是如何平衡他对美食的热爱和靠救济金生活的。
The hugely popular blog the Skint Foodie chronicles how Tony balances his love of good food with living on benefits.
“慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。
上天保佑她不要嫁给一个吝啬鬼。
英国通常在教育方面十分吝啬。
她喜欢购物和买衣服,而我向来吝啬。
She loved to shop and buy clothes, while I tendedto pinch pennies.
她喜欢购物和买衣服,而我向来吝啬。
She loved to shop and buy clothes, while I tended to pinch pennies.
银行的信誉额度会变得吝啬。
第二个新闻集团讲究战略、注重实际,近乎吝啬。
The second News Corporation is strategic and hard-nosed, bordering on stingy.
一个出名的吝啬鬼终于决定要请朋友到家里小聚。
A notoriously mean person finally decided to invite his friends to a party in his home.
在墨西哥的许多地方,手肘意味着吝啬。
In many parts South of the border, the elbow is linked to stinginess.
在这些吝啬的雨水替代物的滋养下,万物茁壮生长。
On this stingy substitute rain, the behemoth of all living things, the redwood, thrives.
但是,没有必要为你的吝啬而感到烦恼,因为这似乎是惯例。
However, there is no need to fret over your meanness, as it seems to be the norm.
吝啬基因由G碱基和A碱基组成,众所周知能够影响脑化学。
The 'mean' gene, which comes in 'g' and 'a' versions, is known to influence brain chemistry.
我觉得自己好像是一个财大气粗的帕齐或者是吝啬鬼。
I find myself feeling like either a deep-pocketed patsy or a skinflint.
对于伊拉克为其它油田提供的吝啬条件,石油公司采取回避态度。
Oil firms balked at the miserly terms Iraq was offering for other fields.
更要紧的是,这吝啬基本不是因为英国真的是个穷光蛋。
What's more, the penny-pinching has nothing much to do with the fact that Britain is skint.
我的父母会毫不吝啬地夸奖我,或者当我失败时给我鼓励。
My parents never had a problem praising us or offering encouragement when we failed.
我的父母会毫不吝啬地夸奖我,或者当我失败时给我鼓励。
My parents never had a problem praising us or offering encouragement when we failed.
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