stingy

[US]/ˈstɪndʒi/
[UK]/ˈstɪndʒi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 支出や与えることを嫌がる、けちの、吝嗇な
Comparative: さらにけちな、superlative: 最もけちな

Example Sentences

a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past.

けちな食事; 過去の詳細についてけちくさい。

his employer is stingy and idle.

彼の雇い主はけちで怠け者です。

tense piano strings. See also Synonyms at stingy

緊張したピアノの弦。けちなに関する同義語も参照。

a proximate neighborhood. See also Synonyms at complete ,familiar ,stingy far

近隣。完全、親しい、けちな、遠いに関する同義語も参照。

a fond and openhanded grandfather. See also Synonyms at broad-minded stingy

優しい寛大な祖父。広い心、けちなに関する同義語も参照。

he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife.

彼はけちな貧しい妻とは対照的に、寛大で親切でした。

After the death of his stingy wife, Edward loosened up a great deal.

けちな妻の死後、エドワードは大いに心を開きました。

Real-world Examples

The Tories were the stingiest, promising just an additional 3bn pounds.

保守党は最もケチで、追加で30億ポンドしか約束しなかった。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Maybe she was the stingiest woman.

彼女は最もケチな女性だったのかもしれません。

Source: 101 Children's English Stories

Don't be stingy with the Mayo.

マヨネーズをケチらないでください。

Source: The New Yorker (video edition)

Others words with the same meaning are miserly and stingy.

同じ意味の他の言葉は「けちな」と「ケチ」です。

Source: VOA Special December 2018 Collection

Do you know someone who stingy?

ケチな人を知っていますか?

Source: Sara's British English class

The stingy old man won't give any money to charity.

そのケチな老人は慈善にお金を寄付しない。

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

In it we see old Ebenezer Scrooge, rich, cross, and stingy.

そこには裕福で不機嫌でケチなエベニーザ・スクルージが描かれています。

Source: American Elementary School English 4

He's really stingy and thinks twice before buying a bottle of wine.

彼は本当にケチで、ワインのボトルを買う前に二度考えます。

Source: Sara's British English class

My boyfriend is very stingy. The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.

私の彼氏はとてもケチです。私たちが宿泊したホテルは安くてひどかったです。お勧めできません。

Source: BBC Authentic English

But to build it, a weak and stingy state had to rely on brutality.

しかし、それを建設するためには、弱くてケチな国家が残虐性に頼らざるを得なかった。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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