Alas, many firms are already sitting on cash they seem unwilling to spend.

哎，可是太多的公司都是守财奴。

The stone-hearted miser plagued by the ghost of Christmas past.

铁石心肠的守财奴被古时候的圣诞鬼魂。

No miser ever counted his gold oftener than she and no miser ever had greater fear of losing it.

没有哪个守财奴比她数钱数得更勤，没有哪个守财奴比她更害怕失去这些钱。

Oh, the gold! the precious, precious gold! —the green miser'll hoard ye soon!

啊，金币！珍贵的，珍贵的金币！没有经验的守财奴会马上把你藏起来！

So we would call that person a Scrooge.

所以我们会称那个人为守财奴。

The precautions of the old miser and his reticence were never relaxed.

老守财奴的防备和沉默从来没有放松过。

Now back to A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the story, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who hates Christmas.

现在回到《圣诞颂歌》这部作品。在故事伊始，斯克鲁奇就是一个不喜欢圣诞节的冷血守财奴。

He loved them intensely, like a miser; jealously, like a lover.

他像守财奴一样深深地爱着他们。 嫉妒，像情人。

The miser cried out, 'Oh, no!

守财奴叫道：‘哦， 不！

Man's case is always that of the prodigal's favourite or the miser's pensioner.

人的情况总是浪子的最爱或守财奴的养老金领取者。

By the time I'm finished, I'm exhausted and I feel like Scrooge.

当我完成的时候，我已经筋疲力尽了，我觉得自己像守财奴。

Then the miser said, 'Bind me fast, bind me fast, for pity's sake'.

然后守财奴说：‘快把我绑起来， 快绑住我，看在怜悯的份上’。

It was soon apparent to me that my companion's reputation as a miser was not undeserved.

我很快就明白， 我的同伴守财奴的名声并非没有道理。

He has the local repute of being a miser as well as a harsh and exacting husband.

他在当地享有守财奴的名声以及一个苛刻苛刻的丈夫。

" Ha ha ha, you want to know how much it is first, you old miser" !

“哈哈哈，你想知道多少钱先，你这个守财奴”！

So saying, the miser went down-stairs, grumbling indistinct sentences.

说着，守财奴下楼去了，嘴里咕哝着几句。

Like all misers, he was a jealous man, and his jealousy became a frantic mania.

像所有守财奴一样， 他是个嫉妒的人， 他的嫉妒变成了疯狂的狂热。

That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser's joy.

用这个词来形容他的女儿是老守财奴喜悦的最高级表达。

Then the countryman stopped his fiddle, and left the miser to take his place at the gallows.

然后乡下人停下了他的小提琴， 让守财奴站在绞刑架上代替他。

The life of a miser is the constant exercise of human power put to the service of self.

守财奴的生活就是不断运用人力为自己服务。