tightwad
n. 吝啬鬼；守财奴
n.
吝啬鬼；
英英释义
tightwad[ 'taitwɔd ]
n.a miserly person
同义词：cheapskate
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
A tightwad never picks up the check.
吝啬鬼从来不付账。
What is the difference between a tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?
吝啬鬼的大脑和挥霍者的大脑有什么差异？
权威例句
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tightwad (n.)
"parsimonious person," 1900, from tight in the figurative sense of "close-fisted" (1805) + wad (n.). The notions of stringency and avarice also combine in Modern Greek sphiktos "greedy," literally "tight."
1. I'm glad you're not a tightwad.
我很高兴你这么大方。
youdao
2. Or is one of you a tightwad?
或者，你是个“吝啬鬼”？
youdao
3. She's such a penny pincher/tightwad.
她真是个守财奴/小气鬼。
youdao
4. Absolutely not! He's a real tightwad!
绝对不会！他是真正的小气鬼！
youdao
5. You don't have to blow your savings, but don't be a tightwad.
你不必吹嘘你的珍藏，但不要做吝啬鬼。
youdao
6. Here's a hundred, "said the tightwad," Just loosen them up a bit. .
“这里是一百块，”吝啬鬼说。“只要稍微把它们松动一点就好。”
youdao
7. "Here's a hundred," said the tightwad. "Just loosen them up a bit."
“这里是一百块，”吝啬鬼说。“只要稍微把它们松动一点就好了！”
youdao
8. If your a tightwad, you might feel a need to loosen up and have a little fun.
如果你花钱精打细算，可能也觉得需要放松一下，增添点乐趣。
youdao
9. Maybe her tightwad attitude is her way to keep from ending up like her family.
也许她吝啬的态度是延续了她家庭的做法。
youdao
10. If you're a tightwad, you might feel a need to loosen up and have a little fun.
如果你花钱精打细算，可能也觉得需要放松一下，增添点乐趣。
youdao
11. But the distinction is lost on me. I'm thrifty because I'm a tightwad and vice versa.
但这种区分对我来说毫无意义，我节俭因为我是个吝啬鬼，反过来说我是个吝啬鬼所以我节俭。
youdao
12. He is such a tightwad, I don't think he has ever bought a new piece of furniture.
他真是太抠门了，我从来没有见过他添一件家具。
youdao
13. I know I should let this go, but I don't like being lied to and she's such a tightwad.
我知道不该这么想，但是我不喜欢对我说谎，而且她还是如此的吝啬。
youdao
14. But growth never came. Tightwad, population 63, has eight more residents now than when the bank opened.
吝啬鬼镇目前的居民为63人，与该银行刚开业时相比仅仅增加了8个人。
youdao
15. Respondentswere rated on a 'Tightwad-Spendthrift scale' based on how eachpartner felt about spending money。
根据受访者对自己支出习惯的感觉，对他们在“节俭-挥霍刻度表”上进行打分。
youdao
16. Respondents were rated on a 'Tightwad-Spendthrift scale' based on how each partner felt about spending money.
根据受访者对自己支出习惯的感觉，对他们在“节俭-挥霍刻度表”上进行打分。
youdao
17. "The nightmares for a tightwad are sushi by the piece or a taxi where you have to watch the meter running," Loewenstein says.
Loewenstein说：“对于一个吝啬鬼而言，噩梦可能就是看到寿司涨价或者打车的时候看到计价器在飞涨”。
youdao
18. Two months after the Tightwad Bank opened in May 1984, an article on it appeared in the Kansas City Times. Word began to spread.
“吝啬鬼”银行于1984年5月开张营业，仅两个月后《堪萨斯城时报》便载文对其加以肯定，于是这家银行开始声名远播。
youdao
19. My normally tightwad mother would open her purse with abandon when we were traveling, and I've never quite shaken the habit.
当我在旅行时打开钱包时，母亲的忠告就完全忘记，我的坏习惯又回来了。
youdao
20. Find out how to reach your long-term goals without becoming a tightwad; read 10 Simple Steps to Financial Security Before 30.
想知道怎样达成长期投资目标而又不变成小气鬼，阅读：30岁前财务安全轻松十步。
youdao
21. With choices then limited to spending more money or feeling like a tightwad, potential customers simply opted out of the purchase.
人们既不愿意多花钱也不愿意让人觉得自己是个吝啬鬼。因此，潜在客户只能选择放弃购买。
youdao
22. Remember the tightwad tourist whose baggy shorts, frequent complaining and shouted questions about why none of the locals spoke any English made the ugly American the world's Visitor from Hell?
还记得那些穿着宽短裤的吝啬鬼，经常抱怨和叫嚷着为什么没有可以讲英语的当地人而得名“来自地狱”的丑陋的美国人吗？
youdao
23. Remember the tightwad tourist whose baggy shorts, frequent complaining and shouted questions about why none of the locals spoke any English made the ugly American the world's Visitor from Hell?
还记得那些穿着宽短裤的吝啬鬼，经常抱怨和叫嚷着为什么没有可以讲英语的当地人而得名“来自地狱”的丑陋的美国人吗？
youdao
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