吝啬

[lìn sè]

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1.
Then he wrote to a skinflint relative begging her to let him have 500 rubles , too, at whatever interest she wanted .
然后他写信给她这么吝啬让他有相对乞讨500卢布，也她要在什么兴趣。
rán hòu tā xiě xìn gěi tā zhè me lìn sè ràng tā yǒu xiāng duì qǐ tǎo wǔ bǎi lú bù , yě tā yào zài shén me xìng qù 。
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2.
When i say "generosity" , i mean a generosity of spirit: a lack of pettiness and jealousy, and a meeting (or close to it) of the minds.
当说到慷慨，我指的是一种慷慨的精神：不吝啬不嫉妒，并且还要有一种这样的思想。
dāng shuō dào kāng kǎi , wǒ zhǐ de shì yī zhǒng kāng kǎi de jīng shén : bù lìn sè bù jí dù , bìng qiě hái yào yǒu yī zhǒng zhè yàng de sī xiǎng 。
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3.
Parsimony is one of the best, and yet is not innocent: for it withholds men from works of liberality and charity.
吝啬是最好的一种，但也不是清白无罪。因为它束缚人们做慷慨施舍与慈善救人的工作。
lìn sè shì zuì hǎo de yī zhǒng , dàn yě bú shì qīng bái wú zuì 。 yīn wèi tā shù fù rén men zuò kāng kǎi shī shě yǔ cí shàn jiù rén de gōng zuò 。
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4.
In the eyes of most south Louisianans, the federal government has been a bit stingy when it comes to reinforcing flood defences.
在加强洪水的防范措施时，多数南路易斯安那州的居民认为政府做的还远远不够，可以说有点吝啬。
zài jiā qiáng hóng shuǐ de fáng fàn cuò shī shí , duō shù nán lù yì sī ān nà zhōu de jū mín rèn wéi zhèng fǔ zuò de hái yuǎn yuǎn bú gòu , kě yǐ shuō yǒu diǎn lìn sè 。
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5.
If my uncle was certainly a miser, he was one of that thorough breed that goes near to make the vice respectable.
如果说我的伯伯是个不折不扣的吝啬鬼，他倒是这帮人物中出类拨萃的一位，几乎使人对那种坏习惯也感到可敬。
rú guǒ shuō wǒ de bó bo shì gè bù zhé bú kòu de lìn sè guǐ , tā dào shì zhè bāng rén wù zhōng chū lèi bō cuì de yī wèi , jī hū shǐ rén duì nà zhǒng huài xí guàn yě gǎn dào kě jìng 。
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6.
I was not a mean person but I realize now how much I faked my way through life.
我不是个吝啬的人，但现在意识到我曾经是如何在自己虚构的世界中生活。
wǒ bú shì gè lìn sè de rén , dàn xiàn zài yì shí dào wǒ céng jīng shì rú hé zài zì jǐ xū gòu de shì jiè zhōng shēng huó 。
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7.
Maybe you think it's impossible for you, but it is possible for a man named Ebenezer Scrooge.
也许你认为你不可能，但却是可能的名为吝啬鬼的男子。
yě xǔ nǐ rèn wéi nǐ bù kě néng , dàn què shì kě néng de míng wéi lìn sè guǐ de nán zǐ 。
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8.
She didn't realize that this was due to her own greed and miserliness that she was finding faults in the monks.
她并没有意识到因为她的贪婪和吝啬，她开始在僧侣们的身上寻找错误。
tā bìng méi yǒu yì shí dào yīn wèi tā de tān lán hé lìn sè , tā kāi shǐ zài sēng lǚ men de shēn shàng xún zhǎo cuò wù 。
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9.
Sheer necessity had made the poor girl so miserly that Gtandet had come to feel the affection for her a man feels for his dog.
可怜的姑娘因为一无所有，变得吝啬不堪，终于使葛朗台象喜欢一条狗一样的喜欢她。
kě lián de gū niang yīn wèi yì wú suǒ yǒu , biàn de lìn sè bù kān , zhōng yú shǐ gé lǎng tái xiàng xǐ huan yī tiáo gǒu yí yàng de xǐ huan tā 。
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10.
You'll be flogging a dead horse if you keep trying to get Walter to make a contribution, you know mean he is.
如果你坚持想要沃尔特作贡献的话，你会白费劲的，你知道他是极其吝啬的。
rú guǒ nǐ jiān chí xiǎng yào wò ěr tè zuò gòng xiàn de huà , nǐ huì bái fèi jìn de , nǐ zhī dào tā shì jí qí lìn sè de 。
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