skinflints

美 [?sk?n?fl?nt] 　英 ['sk?n.fl?nt]

• na.吝嗇鬼
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)小氣鬼；守財(cái)奴；吝嗇的人

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：skinflints  

英漢解釋

na.	1. 〈美〉小氣鬼,吝嗇鬼

英英解釋

n.	1. someone who does not like to spend or give money

例句

Those women continued, however, to be skinflints, and the men remained callously indifferent to those less fortunate than themselves.

不過(guò)這些女性繼續(xù)做著吝嗇鬼，而男性則依然對(duì)那些沒(méi)有他們富裕的人冷漠無(wú)情。

Many in Washington are cross: their defence planners face hard choices, too. Why spend money protecting ungrateful, stay-at-home skinflints?

華盛頓一方則十分憤怒：他們的防御規(guī)劃者面臨也面臨艱難選擇：為什么要花錢(qián)保護(hù)忘恩負(fù)義、龜縮不出的小氣鬼們呢？

Making your own decorations may once have been the preserve of skinflints and eccentrics, but not any more.

自己做裝飾品曾被認(rèn)為是吝嗇鬼和怪人的專(zhuān)利，但是現(xiàn)在不是了。

Some dispute the notion that economists tend to be skinflints.

也有人不同意經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家都是鐵公雞的說(shuō)法。

Why spend money protecting ungrateful, stay-at-home skinflints?

為什么要花錢(qián)保護(hù)國(guó)內(nèi)不知感恩一毛不拔的吝嗇鬼呢？

A version that uses cheaper lead-acid ones, which manages half of that, is also available for real skinflints.

對(duì)于吝嗇鬼來(lái)說(shuō)，它也可以選擇使用鉛酸電池的車(chē)子，可行駛路程則只有前者的一半。

Today's skinflints may do the same.

今天這些吝嗇鬼可能也在這樣做。