原级:cheapskate
1. Cheapskates have an emotional aversion to spending -- they can actually experience pain when they spend. The pain can be out of proportion to the amount spent.
成野子对于花钱有一类心情下的排挤──花钱的时合他们觉失很痛苦,而这类痛苦能够和花的这面钱没有成比例。
2. A few nights earlier, a proud member described this place as a club for " drunks, cheapskates and losers ".
几天前的一个晚上,一位自命不凡的会员曾把这里描述为醉鬼、吝啬鬼和失败者的俱乐部。
3. Commonly people consider Sherlock, Harpagon, Grandet, Pliushkin and Yan Jiansheng all are famous cheapskates in the literary world.
通常认为,夏洛克、阿巴公、葛朗台、泼留希金和严监生都是吝啬鬼的著名典型。
4. I come from a long line of cheapskates.
我一直秉承节俭的家训。