stinginess
英 ['stɪndʒɪnəs] 美 ['stɪndʒɪnəs]

n.

小气；

英英释义

stinginess[ 'stindʒinis ]

• n.a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Such stinginess came from my side of the family.
   这种吝啬是我这边的祖先遗传下来的。
2. We must not equate thrift with stinginess.
   我们不能把勤俭和吝啬等同起来。

权威例句

STINGINESS
The Dread Cancer of Stinginess
A Study on `Stinginess` Found in 〈The Characterless Man〉
Evolution of stinginess and generosity in finite populations.
IMMANUEL KANT'S ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ENVY AND STINGINESS
A Research on the Mysticism and the Law of Stinginess in the Static-Linguistics
On the costs of self-interested economic behavior: how does stinginess get under the skin?
Aid Commitments and Strategic Behavior : Game-theoretic explanations of donor stinginess
Reactions to generosity or stinginess from an intelligent or stupid work partner: A test of equity theory in a direct exchange relat...
Metaphorical modelling of cognitive structure of the concept stinginess in British, German, Ukrainian and Russian Linguocultures