吝嗇，一般指小氣的意思。貶義詞，被人們普遍視為人性的缺點(diǎn)。無論是生活中，還是小說中，吝嗇的人一般都是反面角色，巴爾扎克筆下的葛朗臺應(yīng)該可以當(dāng)選吝嗇鬼的代表。那么你知道吝嗇的英語單詞是什么嗎?下面來學(xué)習(xí)一下吧。

　　吝嗇英語單詞1：

　　mean

　　吝嗇英語單詞2：

　　parsimony

　　吝嗇英語單詞3：

　　stingy

　　吝嗇的英語例句：

　　他雖說又愚蠢又吝嗇，但他有幽默的長處。

　　He may be stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour.

　　`慷慨的吝嗇鬼'在用詞上自相矛盾。

　　`A generous miser' is a contradiction in terms.

　　他花錢很吝嗇。

　　He is very near with his money.

　　但愿你能成功地從那個(gè)吝嗇的人那里借些錢。

　　I wish you would succeed in borrowing some money from the mean man.

　　大不列顛從不吝嗇家庭津貼方面的花費(fèi)。

　　Britain is a big spender on family benefits.

　　過去或前世吝嗇的人，今生就會得貧窮的報(bào)應(yīng)。

　　A selfish miser in the past life will come as a pauper in this life.

　　她吝嗇得從來不給小費(fèi)。

　　She is so stingy that she never tips.

　　他在花錢上總是很吝嗇。

　　He always niggards with his money.

　　聰明的人應(yīng)該超越貪婪和吝嗇的邪惡。

　　The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.

　　房東太太給我供應(yīng)開水十分吝嗇。

　　My landlady is mean to me with hot water.

　　他既吝嗇，又丑陋。

　　He was mean,also ugly.

　　他在花錢上總是很吝嗇。

　　He always niggards with his money.

　　雖然這些年來，他的吝嗇甚至使他妻子發(fā)瘋，他心底卻深藏著一個(gè)秘密。

　　But over the years, even as he drove his wife nuts with his parsimony, heharbored a deep secret.