stinginess
stinginess 英 ['stɪndʒɪnəs] 美 ['stɪndʒɪnəs]
n. 吝啬
名词复数:stinginesses
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- n. 吝啬
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1. So how are all our basic needs and behaviors—hunger and gluttony and frugality and charity and stinginess—connected in the brain?
我们基本的需求和行为在大脑中是如何联结的：饥饿、暴食、节俭、慈善、吝啬。
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2. Yet they haven’t been able to do that even in Texas, which is willing both to impose great pain (by its stinginess on health care) and to shortchange the future (by neglecting education).
他们连在承受了巨大痛苦（表现在健保上的吝啬）和自断后路（表现在低教育支出）的德州都未能做到，又该怎样去推行到全国呢？
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3. In many parts South of the border, the elbow is linked to stinginess. For extra emphasis, you can bang your elbow on the table.
在墨西哥的许多地方，手肘意味着吝啬。如果你想强调一下，可以将手肘在桌子上敲打。在澳大利亚和德国，这个手势的意思是“你是个傻瓜！”
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