tightfisted
tightfisted
1. "too tightfisted to spend a few dollars" (Sinclair Lewis).
“小气得连几美元也舍不得花” （辛克莱尔·路易斯）
2. A tightfisted man was standing on the pavement with two heavy suitcases hailing a taxi.
一个吝啬的人带着两只很重的箱子站在人行道上叫出租车。
3. Merchants desperate to pull in shoppers started discounting holiday goods last month.But except for a shopping binge on the day after Thanksgiving, Americans remained tightfisted .
上个月以来，商家就不顾一切的催促各家商店折扣销售假日商品，但除了感恩节“火”了一把外，美国人仍然心存疑虑，捂紧口袋过日子。
4. But except for a shopping binge on the day after Thanksgiving, Americans remained tightfisted .
不过除了在感恩节后那天大买了一把，（其它时间）美国人继续紧握钱袋。
5. 7. Hes very tightfisted.
他很吝啬。
6. He is the most tightfisted person we have ever met.
他是我们所遇到的最吝啬的人。
7. He is the most tightfisted person I have ever met.
他是我所遇到的最吝啬的人。
8. His tightfisted employer be unwilling to give him a raise
他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪
9. His tightfisted employer is unwilling to give him a raise.
他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
10. But except for a shopping binge on the day after Thanksgiving, Americans remained tightfisted.
但是除了在感恩节后的那天出现购物高潮以外，美国人仍是舍不得花钱。
11. Why are you always so tightfisted?
你为何老抓着钱不放？
12. If you tried to change jobs, you found new employers unusually tightfisted, and you may have even had to take a salary cut.
假如你尝试过换工作，你会发现新东家异常小气，甚至遭遇减薪。
13. A miser who is too tightfisted to give his extra food and treasure wouldn't accumulate merits and is thus not eligible for the name of the Bodhisattva.
其悭吝者，不自食用，功德不修，复不与人。坚守财宝亦复如是。
14. fortue, but also even make you feel good about being tightfisted andoffering more care than presents.
到一份欣慰，因为花钱不多并且给予了孩子们胜过礼物的关怀。
15. Dang and his tightfisted brethren to unstuff their proverbial mattresses.
包括一项旨在鼓励砀先生和他的吝啬兄弟们不要像谚语里说的把钱塞到软床垫里（此处请教了高人，这里是西方人熟知的笑话讲人民不信银行老把钱放自己家床垫里）。
16. 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。
17. too tightfisted to spend a few dollars(Sinclair Lewis.
小气得连几美元也舍不得花(辛克莱尔·路易斯)
18. too tightfisted to spend a few dollars (Sinclair Lewis).
小气得连几美元也舍不得花（辛克莱尔 路易斯）
19. We didn't have much money, so it was fortunate that he was tightfisted, and better than I was at saying no to people.
我们没有多少钱，但幸运的是，他的手很紧，拒绝他人的要求方面比我强多了。
20. The tightfisted business strategy may help them stay afloat, but it also ensures that the recession will drag on.
无奈，他和他的妻子以个人名义贷款买了一辆拖车。他说：“我们必须买，这是唯一的办法。”为此，他们的个人信贷额度受到了冲击。但是在时下，这笔贷款是企业发展的成本。
21. All else being equal, Presidents Johnson and Reagan were the most tightfisted, whereas Nixon, the elder Bush and Clinton were comparatively generous.
比较历任总统，詹森与雷根最不轻易施舍，尼克森、老布希、柯林顿相对来说就慷慨多了。
22. 10.Parents know that a caring attitude can not only save you a small fortue, but also even make you feel good about being tightfisted and offering more care than presents.
父母们知道，关心的态度不仅能帮你们省下一毛可观的钱，而且甚至能使你们感到一份欣慰，因为花钱不多并且给予了孩子们胜过礼物的关怀。
23. In addition, as the general economy gets worse, banks become more tightfisted, avoiding lending money to even good credit risks because they fear losses.
补充一下，当经济普遍下滑时，为了避免损失，即使是信用额度很高的客户银行也不会冒险，会变得更加吝啬。
24. Size gives it the power to continually wrestle higher reimbursement rates from tightfisted insurers.
规模使他在与保险公司讨价还价时有了更多的砝码，从那些吝啬的人手中得到更高的付还比率。
25. A survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world shows: French tourists are the least liked in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tightfisted and arrogant.
针对全球4500家旅馆老板的一项调查显示：法国是全球最不受欢迎的游客，他们给人的印象不仅外语差，而且吝啬，傲慢无礼。
