A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

[谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。

“The pincher,” was his thought; “too miserly to burn two cents’ worth of gas and save his boarders’ necks.”

“吝啬鬼，”他想，“就舍不得花两分钱煤气点个灯，免得房客摔断脖子。”

A miserly father makes a prodigal son

爱钱如命的父亲生个儿子挥金如土

She`s so miserly she won`t give anything to anyone.

她那么吝啬，不给任何人任何东西.

She’s so miserly that she won’t give anything to anyone.

她如此吝啬，不给任何人任何东西。

Sheer necessity had made the poor girl so miserly that Gtandet had come to feel the affection for her a man feels for his dog

可怜的姑娘因为一无所有，变得吝啬不堪，终于使葛朗台象喜欢一条狗一样的喜欢她。

1、dig 2、miserly 3、move slowly;do slowly

抠唆，抠搜,抠挲

wasteful of the company`s time，though miserly with his own

浪费一群人的时间，可是舍不得花自己的时间.

To be thrifty or miserly .

吝啬的过于节俭或吝啬的

Each panellist who has agreed to have their Internet grazing habits monitored will be paid a seemingly miserly fee of $50 a year

每一个已同意自己在因特网上的浏览习惯被监测的小组成员每年可以得到50美元的报酬，这似乎有点吝啬。

A miserly father make a prodigal son.

守财奴生败家子。

He is wise and miserly and you cannot skin him out of money.

他既聪明又小气，你从他那里是根本骗不到钱的。

He was a miserly wretch who grudged us food to eat, and clothes to wear

他是个吝啬的坏蛋，他克扣我们的伙食和穿衣

He was a miserly wretch who grudged us food to eat,and clothes to wear(Charles Dickens.

他是个吝啬的坏蛋，他克扣我们的伙食和穿衣(查尔斯·狄)。

a man.who animadverts on miserly patients,egocentric doctors,psychoanalysis and Lucky Luciano with evenhanded fervor(bIrwin Faust)

一个吝啬、苛刻的病人，自私自利的医生，精神分析学和幸运的卢奇给予公正评价的人(b欧文·福斯特)

a man.who animadverts on miserly patients,egocentric doctors,psychoanalysis and Lucky Luciano with evenhanded fervor(Irwin Faust)

一个吝啬、苛刻的病人，自私自利的医生，精神分析学和幸运的卢奇给予公正评价的人(欧文·福斯特)

Now, my uncle seemed so miserly that I was struck dumb by this sudden generosity

原来似乎是非常小气的伯伯竟突然间慷慨起来，这倒一下子把我弄得目瞪口呆。

||1:Now, however, the uscieri face a second danger: a cut in their salaries.||2:In May, Matteo Renzi’s government put a 240,000 cap on annual public-sector earnings.||3:That will directly affect “only” about 130 of Italy’s 2,300 parliamentary employees.||4:But other salaries are to be reduced to keep pay differentials the same.||5:Earnings of an usher nearing retirement are expected to drop over a three-year period from 136,000 to a miserly 100,000-105,000.

||1:现如今，这些国会招待员们面临着第二个危机,他们工资的削减问题。||2:今年五月，伦齐政府在年度公共部门收入上仅仅投入了240,000。||3:这意味着2300名国会雇佣员工中“只有”130名会受到影响。||4:然而其他人的薪水也会被削减，以保证薪酬差异一致。||5:一名临近退休的招待员在三年之内很可能从 136,000 降到吝啬的100,000-105,000。

Alas for labels and artists, however, their payout is miserly . Under subscription deals, they collect as little as 30 won per track. This must then be split between performers, writers and the label itself. SM Entertainment’s boss complains that even 1m downloads cannot cover the cost of making a music video.

不过，唱片公司和歌手就悲剧了，他们从中获得的分红简直少得可怜。订阅销售模式下，唱片公司和歌手每首歌只能收取30韩元。就这点钱还得在表演者、作词作曲者和唱片公司间进行再分配。SM公司老板抱怨说，100万下载量收取的分红还不够MV制作费。

If the boss’s golden parachute is too miserly , he may block a deal that would benefit shareholders.

若金色降落伞条款对企业老板过于不利，其可能会干预对股东有利的交易；

So boards must strike a balance. If the boss’s golden parachute is too miserly , he may block a deal that would benefit shareholders. If it is too generous, he may fail to negotiate hard with potential buyers. As with real parachutes, poor design can have serious consequences.

所以，董事会必须寻求一种平衡。若金色降落伞条款对企业老板过于不利，其可能会干预对股东有利的交易；反之，若金色降落伞条款对其过于优厚，其可能不愿尽心尽力与拟收购方谈判。跟真正的降落伞一样，劣质的金色降落伞所带来的后果可能不堪设想。

That would still represent a miserly 5% or less of total power-generation capacity in India,

这显得有点保守，因为这只是印度总发电量的5%，甚至更少。

a miserly landlord’s beggarly treatment of an indigent tenant

（一个吝啬的房东给穷住客的可鄙对待）；

miserly father makes a prodigal son.

爱钱如命的父亲生个儿子挥金如土。

The illicit copy cost about five pence - less even than my miserly royalty.

盗版书的成本大约是5便士，甚至比我可怜的版税还要低。

The yield was miserly yet there were more than four times as many bids as there were bonds for sale.

购买这些债券的资本收益并不大，但却有超过待售债券量4倍的投标数。

Harry Truman used the same communist threat to get his way with a miserly Congress.

哈里·杜鲁门同样使用了共产主义威胁来对付吝啬的国会。

European operators are still feeling miserly , in spite of the growing wave of smartphone-driven data traffic set to jam up their networks.

尽管智能手机产生的巨大数据流量，势将对欧洲运营商的网络造成拥堵，但它们仍感觉吝啬。

Ms. Li teased her mother about her miserly ways, pointing out that her last clothing purchase was a decade ago.

李女士嘲笑母亲吝啬的方式，指出母亲上次买衣服应该是十年前了。

Miserly players can still participate in the game and pay indirectly by being exposed to advertising.

吝啬的玩家依然可以参与到游戏里，但以开放自己给广告投放的方式间接支付费用。