tightfisted

adj.  手紧; <非正>非常小气的,吝啬的

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柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的;抠门的
    If you describe someone as tight-fisted, you disapprove of them because they are unwilling to spend money.
    1. He had the reputation of being one of the most tight-fisted and demanding of employers.
      人们都知道他是最抠门、最苛刻的雇主之一。
    2. ...the government's tight-fisted monetary policy.
      政府锱铢必较的货币政策

双语例句

  1. The company is tightfisted when it comes to disclosing data or metrics.
    这家公司在发布数据或指标时堪称小气。
  2. If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
    在耶和华你神所赐你的地上,无论哪一座城里,你弟兄中若有一个穷人,你不可忍着心,揝着手不帮补你穷乏的弟兄。
  3. Are you are being overly generous, while your partner is being tightfisted?
    你是否过于慷慨,而约会对象特别抠门?
  4. He was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge.
    他是一个非常小气的人,scrooge。
  5. His tightfisted employer is unwilling to give him a raise.
    他吝啬的老板不愿意给他提薪。

英英释义

adj

  1. unwilling to part with money

      Synonym:    closefistedhardfisted