吝的英文：
stingy

• The parsimony on receipts and expenditure
  出納之吝
• Nature is prodigal in variety, but niggard in innovation.
  自然界雖富于變化卻吝于革新。
• He is chary of praise [praising others].
  他吝于[不輕易]稱贊別人。

• to Hollywood for the Oscars -- but he was stingy with details
  一會(huì)兒又到好萊塢參加奧斯卡頒獎(jiǎng)--但他對(duì)詳細(xì)經(jīng)過守口如瓶。
• For six months, now, the village has been its own proper self once more- -honest, narrow, self-righteous, and stingy."
  到如今有六個(gè)月了吧，咱們鎮(zhèn)子又變成原來(lái)那個(gè)老樣子啦--誠(chéng)實(shí)，小心眼，老子天下第一，還老虎屁股摸不得。
• When he was at service, he lacked experience in strategy, was stingy in economy and was radical in politics. Although he was impeached greatly, Zeng Guofan defended him many times.
  在山東巡撫任上,他因在軍事方面缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn),經(jīng)濟(jì)方面有些吝嗇,政治方面過于偏激,受到嚴(yán)苛的彈劾,兩江總督曾國(guó)藩又多次為他辯護(hù)。