Why are you so mean to me?

你为什么对我这么吝啬？

Given its subsequent record, few now begrudge the cost.

但是据它随后传回的数据来看，很少有人会吝啬这笔。

'And why was he so mean while he was alive? ' We all worked for him, didn't we? Cleaned his house, washed his clothes, cooked his soup?

“为什么活着的时候那么吝啬？我都给干活儿，是不是？打扫的房子，给洗衣服、燉汤？

Why is George called a penny pincher?

为什么把乔治叫作吝啬鬼？

Low-status men and women would share fairly when water was plentiful, but were stingier when water was scarce.

地位低的女，当水资源丰富时尚能公平分享，匮乏时则吝啬得多。

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

那个吝啬的老头一毛也不会捐给慈善机构。

She not only begrudged them every mouthful they ate but she was on tenterhooks lest they discover somehow that Pork had slaughtered one of the shoats the day before.

她不但对于每吃一口都感到妒忌吝啬，而且有点提心吊胆，生怕现波克头天杀了一只小猪。

There's another similar tactic called skimpflation that is often used but harder to track, where the weight and price of the product stays the same, but the quality of the ingredients decreases.

还有另外一种常用的策略叫吝啬通胀，比缩水式通胀更加难以辨认，商家保持产品的净重价格如旧，但降低成分的质量。

You could say somebody " Scrooged" it up.

你可以说这是遇上吝啬鬼了。

And I'm not shy with the whisky.

我对威士忌向来毫不吝啬。

I think that's rather mean of you, Ernest.

我觉得你这就太吝啬了，欧内斯特。

Cognitive miserliness can cause us to be swayed by irrelevant information and our own feelings.

认知吝啬会让我被无关的信息自己的感觉所左右。

Nice example, Neil! You can't be a cheapskate when it comes to engagement rings! So how much would you spend on our engagement ring, Neil?

这个例子很好，尼尔！买订婚戒指时你不能做吝啬鬼！那你会花多少为我买订婚戒指呢，尼尔？

And do not be rude or mean.

不要粗鲁或吝啬。

No true man would do a mean thing. A true man is brave and just. He will do what is right, and fear not. Think of that, Tom.

真正的人不会做吝啬的事情。真正的人勇敢刚正。会做对每一件事，不会畏惧。想想这些吧，汤姆。

He was a friendly and generous man, who gave freely to the poor.

待人友善而又慷慨大方，还毫无吝啬之意地资助捐送穷人。

They went after those that gave too little and too much.

选择让最吝啬最慷慨的人离开。

He wasn't radin, he wasn't a cheapskate.

并不吝啬。

He'll have a shirley temple. And don't be chintzy with the shirley.

给秀兰·邓波尔（一种无酒精鸡尾酒） , 也别吝啬里面的果汁。

" I thought you were in this merchant's hire" .

" 只到暮谷城而已。亥巴德不仅吝啬，而且胆小。胆小得要命。你怎么说，妞儿？"