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单词 stinginess
释义
stinginess
noun[U]
informaldisapproving
uk
/ˈstɪn.dʒi.nəs/us
/ˈstɪn.dʒi.nəs/
unwillingnesstospendmoney:
吝啬，小气
He has areputationfor stinginess.他是出了名的小气。
Is givingyourunwantedgiftsasbirthdaypresentsgood for theenvironment, or just stinginess?把你不想要的礼物送给别人做生日礼物，是对环境有利，还是只是小气？
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  • She wasfrugalto thepointof stinginess.
  • Shefiledfordivorce,chargingherhusbandwithphilanderingand stinginess.
  • Lavishtreatmentof inhouseemployeesisfinancedbyextremestinginess tocontractandfreelancestaff.
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(Definition ofstinginessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstinginess

stinginess
In the context of a generalized cooperative subsistence strategy,stinginesscould provoke the withdrawal of cooperative partners and result in a loss of income.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although populations tend to vary over the extent of explicit praise of generosity, there is often mention of a direct condemnation ofstinginess.
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Failure to add the additional ingredient was typically interpreted as the result of conscious neglect or "stinginess" on the part of the kitchen staff.
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Assuming that it isstinginesson the part of the good producers that elicits punishing, at least some of the costs are already being paid.
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Although claims ofstinginesscould carry a social cost reducing the benefit of hunter control, such communication is reserved for cases where the social relationship has already soured.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We shall never get it bystinginessand scrimping and scraping.
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Sometimes, in the heat of polemics, we accuse each other ofstinginess.
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Inadequate housing is perhaps the best evidence of thatstinginess.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Well it is the "stinginesses" that we inherited from our predecessors.
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In other words, greatstinginessis shown towards carers.
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They may ascribe that to some sort ofstinginesson my part, but it is not that at all.
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The few concessions leave the old indignities andstinginessuntouched.
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In this regard also there is identicalstinginessand lack of ambition.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Mystinginess, what is left over after my rapacity in the present year, amounts to £20,000,000 sterling.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The real surprise in this budget relates to external actions, where selfishness andstinginessare the rule.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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