grudging

adj.

1. 勉强的；不情愿的
   given or done unwillingly
   1. He could not help feeling a grudging admiration for the old lady.
      他不禁感到不得不钦佩这位老太太。

1. ADJ-GRADED 勉强的；不情愿的
   A grudging feeling or action is felt or done very unwillingly.
   1. He even earned his opponents' grudging respect...
      他甚至令对手也不得不尊重他。
   2. There seems to be a grudging acceptance of the situation.
      这一局面看来已经被勉强接受。

1. It took Louis until Easter to coax a grudging consent from the French King.
   路易斯连哄带骗，直到复活节才勉强得到法国国王的许可。
2. He even earned his opponents 'grudging respect
   他甚至令对手也不得不尊重他。
3. There seems to be a grudging acceptance of the situation.
   这一局面看来已经被勉强接受。
4. One by one they came forward, mumbled grudging words of welcome, made awkward obeisances.
   他们挨个儿走上前去，勉强地咕哝出几句欢迎词，生硬地鞠躬致礼。
5. His tough stand won some grudging admiration.
   他的强硬态度使得一些对他不满的人也不由得感到钦佩。
6. Though derided by some for his political suicide, one grudging admirer from a Japanese business group likens Mr Noda to a warrior committing hara-kiri – ritual suicide – rather than be taken by his enemies.
   尽管有人嘲笑他这是政治自杀，日本一个商业组织中的一名不情愿的赞慕者还是将野田的行为比作武士的剖腹自杀&一种仪式自杀，而不是死于敌人之手。
7. So he should be; any campaign that has achieved such influence with so little logic deserves grudging respect.
   他理应如此；任何如此缺少逻辑却产生如此影响力的运动，都应该得到一些勉强的尊重。
8. Above all, EU nations should abandon their grudging approach to refugee numbers.
   最重要的是，欧盟国家不应再用不情愿的态度来对待难民人数。
9. Months later, the couple exchanged vows with their fathers 'grudging blessings.
   几个月后，在两家父亲勉强的祝福下，他们结婚了。
10. Others stood watching with grudging respect.
    其他人带着勉强的尊敬站在那儿注视着。
11. After a pause he added "sir." in a dilatory, grudging way.
    停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声“先生”。
12. Progress by developers in cleaning up after themselves tends to win only grudging approval.
    开发商采完油后清除污染的进步举动往往只获得了勉强的认可。
13. Their rage vanishes, replaced by grudging acceptance.
    工人们的愤怒消失了，取而代之的是勉强的接受。
14. Europe's grudging attitude to the new president is not only discourteous. It is unwise and self-defeating.
    欧洲对美国新任总统的吝啬态度不仅无礼，而且极不明智，会损及自身利益。
15. He was grudging in his praises.
    他不情愿称赞别人。
16. The grudging way in which the government has reacted.
    政府作出反应的那种勉强的方式。
17. She won the grudging respect of her boss.
    她得到她老板勉强的尊重。
18. The government's response to the peace process has been grudging and rather hostile.
    政府对和平进程的反应是不情愿的，甚至充满敌意。
19. A continuation of the grudging incrementalism of the past two years now risks catastrophe.
    如今，继续过去两年那种不情不愿的渐进主义做法，可能会招致灾难。
20. The public mood is also one of grudging assent, if not exactly fervent support.
    如果公众不是特别支持也不会有强烈的反对。
21. She had won the grudging respect of her department.
    她从系里赢得了比较勉强的尊重。
22. Jeff's report was so enthusiastic that it earned him, at last, grudging respect from his peers.
    杰夫的报告热情洋溢，所以即使不情愿，同龄人也不得不对他肃然起敬。
23. She enjoys for the first time the sensation of being able to put in another penny without grudging it.
    她有生以来第一回感到了一种痛快的情绪，觉得再放进一枚便土也用不着吝惜了。
24. She was often attacked for her outspoken comments, but over the years she gained people's grudging respect.
    她经常由于直率的评论而受到抨击，但多年来，她赢得了人们有些勉强的敬意。
25. I didn't think his grudging remarks really counted as an apology.
    我想他那勉强的说法不能算作是真的道歉。
26. Even Sir John Cowperthwaite might have given these statistics his grudging acceptance.
    即使是郭伯伟或许也会勉强接受这些统计数据。
27. My loneliness and I are a pair of partners, like grudging.
    我，和我的孤独，是一对善嫉的拍档。
28. But they should also avoid arriving at the Olympics in a spirit of grudging rivalry.
    然而，他们也应该避免带着耿耿于怀的对立情绪看奥运。
29. Yet Los Angeles receives only grudging recognition as a creative center.
    但是公众却勉强地接受洛杉矶是一个创意中心的事实。
30. McGeorge Bundy remained his admirer, if a grudging one;
    麦乔治邦迪对基辛格一直很钦佩，纵或有些勉强情绪。

adj

1. petty or reluctant in giving or spending
   1. a niggardly tip

   Synonym:    niggardlyscrimy

2. of especially an attitude
   1. gave grudging consent
   2. grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory