stingy是什么意思，stingy怎么用
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stingy
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📰 外刊例句
Asked why he and his compatriots rebuffed the evangelisers, Jack Ma, boss of Alibaba, an e-commerce giant, insists it is not because they were stingy . 当电商巨头阿里巴巴的老板马云被问及他和他的同胞为何断然拒绝那些狂热鼓吹者时，他坚称这并不是因为他们吝啬。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[adjective] mean; ungenerous
[形容词] 吝啬的；不大方的
💡 深入解读
Stingy 是一个容易与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的frugal在含义上相混淆的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， stingy 可能变音自英式方言口语词 stingy （有螯刺的、有刺毛的、刺人的；尖刻的），最早于17世纪中期开始用来表示“吝啬的、吝惜的、小气的”，常作非正式用语使用，主要指在使用、给予或支出等方面过分节省，显著缺乏慷慨，
比如：
Don't be so stingy with seasoning!你真小气！You're stingy!别那么舍不得放调料！
Her stingy husband never buys anyone a drink when we go out.我们一起出去时她那抠门吝啬的丈夫从来不请喝酒。
从这个概念出发， stingy 还被用来引申指“匮乏的、不足的、微小的”，比如：量极少的一餐
a stingy meal
It's hard to support a family on that stingy wage.靠如此菲薄的工资难以养活一家。
Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.名人名言
miserly: of or characteristic of a miser parsimonious: very unwilling to spend money or use resources penurious: unwilling to spend money; mean你为什么要对自己吝啬呢？你为什么要退缩？你留着干嘛——等待下次？没有下次了。只有现在。马上。出自美国著名舞蹈家、美国芭蕾之父乔治·巴兰钦（George Balanchine）。同近义词
🔍 同近义词
- miserly: of or characteristic of a miser
- parsimonious: very unwilling to spend money or use resources
- penurious: unwilling to spend money; mean
