Beethoven overcame his tyrannical father and grudging acceptance as a musician to become the greatest, most famous musician in the word

贝多芬从不屈服于他的专横的父亲，还忍气当过乐师，但终于克服一切，成为了全世界最伟大最著名的音乐家。

You are envious, biddy, and grudging

毕蒂，你这是嫉妒，心里有气。

Animosity had given way first to grudging concessions of admiration and then to worried solicitude for Lindbergh’s safety(Warren Trabant.

敌意首先向敬意做了不情愿的妥协，接着对林柏格安全的担心做了让步。(华伦·特拉班特)

At which Willi would give a small grudging appreciative smile

对此，威利往往给出一个勉强赞赏的微笑。

She was very grudging in her thanks.

她的感谢非常勉强.

She was very grudging in her thanks.

她很少向人表示谢意。

She was very grudging in her thanks

她勉强说了点感谢话。

She was witty, grudging , at war with everyone

她人很机智，但小气，和谁都很难相处。

She enjoys for the first time the sensation of being able to put in another penny without grudging it.

她有生以来第一回感到了一种痛快的情绪，觉得再放进一枚便土也用不着吝惜了。

A somewhat grudging acquiescence from the old man gave me a clear day in which to make my observations

老头子勉强默认了，这就给我争取到一整天的时间去进行观察。

be grudging of money

吝啬金钱.

a grudging admission

勉强的允许.

So there is the basis for a bit of grudging respect.

所以在这点上，即使不情愿，他也不能不对我有所敬重。

He was grudging in his praises.

他不情愿称赞别人。

Let us not weigh in grudging scales their merits and demerits, but let us think only of their need-of the sorrows, the difficulties, perhaps the blindnesses, that make the misery of their lives

我们不要斤斤计较他们的优缺点，而应考虑他们的需求，考虑造成他们生活凄惨的那些苦恼、艰辛，乃至于盲目的事

Grudging and petty in giving or spending.

小气的吝啬给予或花费的

The poorer one is, the more he looks upon money as dirt and I often wonder why a miser should be so rigid in self-denial, even grudging to spend every single cent for himself

一个人到了越穷困的时候，对于金钱便越视为粪土，我常常奇怪一钱如命的守财奴，为什么要这样刻苦自己，半文钱也不肯花。

Although some complain that Mr Carter’s intellectual self-confidence and command of the most esoteric technical details can make him appear arrogant or aloof, his confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill should be much easier than the grilling Mr Hagel received. Both Mac Thornberry and John McCain, the Republicans who are about to take the helms of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, are likely to see Mr Carter as an ally in reforming the Pentagon’s sclerotic procurement practices. Mr McCain, an arch-foe of wasteful defence spending, often clashed with Mr Carter over the JSF;|| yet he developed a grudging respect for him. Kori Schake, a former Bush administration security official now at the Hoover Institution, a think-tank, describes Mr Carter as “able, intelligent, effective and energetic”.||

||1:尽管如此，有人抱怨道：卡特先生聪明过人、自信满满，深谙科技奥秘，故他看上去傲慢冷漠；但是他在国会的审议听证会应该会比哈格尔先生面对的“拷问”要轻松得多。||2:即将接管众议院以及参议院武装服务协会共和党议员麦克·索恩伯里和约翰·麦凯恩，二人—就改革五角大楼僵硬的采购计划—视卡特先生如盟友。||3:麦凯恩先生，强烈反对高额的国防经费，常常与卡特先生就联合打击战斗机（JSF）计划意见不合；现在他勉强尊重卡特先生。||4:前布什政府安全官员科瑞·斯卡克，现属一家名为胡佛研究中心的智库，形容卡特先生“能干、聪明、高效、活力”。||

That is the theory. The reality is a tide of human misery. Traffickers charge thousands of dollars, and rob and rape their customers. Refugees and economic migrants are mixed in together, so those that survive the sea journey are cooped up in camps to be sorted. Fewer than 40% of those who fail to gain asylum are ever deported.|| Some countries, like Sweden and Germany, accept a lot of refugees, many others, including Britain, are grudging .|| There was international outrage after more than 1,000 people drowned in a few days in the Mediterranean in April.This week’s report is supposed to ensure that such a catastrophe never happens again.

1:这只是理论上的，而现实却要悲惨的多。||2:人贩子收着数以千计的美元的同时，抢劫和强奸他们的客户。||3:难民和经济移民者被统统放置在一起（用船渡海），所以当这些挺过艰难的海上路途，被一同安置在难民营的人们，要被分成难民和经济移民者的类别来分别处理对待。||4:不到40%的难民会因得不到避难许可而被驱逐出境。||5:有一些国家，如瑞典和德国，接收了很多难民，而另一方面，包括英国在内的大多数国家并不愿意接收这些难民。||6:在4月份的几天时间里，有超过1000人溺亡在地中海中，这引起了国际上的愤慨。||7:这周的报道（欧委会的专题会议）强调要确保这样的惨剧绝不能再次发生。

That is a very American statement. It puts timid, grudging politicians in other rich countries to shame. Mr Obama has taken a gamble that the nationwide spread of migrants helps the cause of immigration reform more than it harms it.Tennessee’s example suggests he might be right.

这是个很美国式的表态。它让其他发达国家里胆小又不情愿的政客感到羞愧。奥巴马下了赌注：移民在全国范围内的扩张，开始有助于而不再有害于移民事业的改革。田纳西州的例子表明，他也许是对的。译者：萧毛毛 校对：杨雪

Internal Tory dissent lacks a powerful voice. The public mood is also one of grudging assent, if not exactly fervent support.

保守党内部的反对意见缺乏一个强有力的声音，国内民众对此即便不是强烈支持，至少也是随声附和。

Yet the generals have moved haltingly, often in seemingly grudging response to continuing street protests.

但是，埃及军方却迟迟没有行动，经常勉强地回应着接二连三的街头抗议。

But he has lost one of the big things that have kept him in power to date: the grudging support of Africa.

但是他将失去迄今为止让他拥有权力的最大助力：非洲国家的勉力支持。

But he still had unlimited money in his family, as well as a genuine integrity that had earned him grudging respect from the voters.

但是他们家族财雄势大，而且他的诚挚正直也使他赢得了选民勉强的尊重。

By the end of his premiership, Blair wrote of Murdoch in his memoirs that he “came to have a grudging respect and even a liking for him” .

等到首相任期行将届满时，布莱尔在其回忆录中提到默多克时称他“已经开始有点尊敬甚至于喜欢上他了”。

Legal campaigners are waging an information-gathering effort that earns the grudging respect of intelligence operatives.

法律界的活跃人士正在进行一场收集信息的努力，这一行动获得了情报人员勉强的尊重。

In spite of clashes with Jacques Delors, the Commission president, the two men developed a grudging mutual respect.

尽管他曾与欧盟委员会主席雅克•狄洛（JacquesDelors）发生冲突，但两人最终成为惺惺相惜的朋友。

Progress by developers in cleaning up after themselves tends to win only grudging approval.

开发商采完油后清除污染的进步举动往往只获得了勉强的认可。

Certainly, after a while in Washington I began to develop a grudging respect for my neighbours at the Tribune.

确实，在华盛顿待了一段时间后，我开始勉强对《芝加哥论坛报》产生了一些敬意。

But they should also avoid arriving at the Olympics in a spirit of grudging rivalry.

然而，他们也应该避免带着耿耿于怀的对立情绪看奥运。