tight-fisted

He had the reputation of being one of the most tight-fisted and demanding of employers .

人们都知道他是最抠门、最苛刻的雇主之一。

The company is very tight-fisted with travel expenses .

公司在差旅费用上非常小气。

Cheap was added early on to refer to a person ’ s tight-fisted nature rather than any of his other perceived inadequacies .

前面加上cheap则表示某人“手紧”的本性，与他后天形成的缺点无关。

The first was that many Chinese are tight-fisted .

第一，很多中国人精打细算。

handy for a country with a shrinking population and tight-fisted banks .

适合于人口正在减少和银行资金严格控制的国家。

People often put the blame on China 's tight-fisted consumers , who save too much and spend too little .

人们经常将此归咎于中国节俭的消费者，他们大量储蓄却很少花费。

The spendthrift son had once again pulled a fast one on his tight-fisted father .

那个浪子又一次设计欺骗他吝啬的父亲。

Everyone calls him tight-fisted , but I see he is just thrifty .

人人说他小气，可我看他不过是俭省。

He was unable to squeeze the extra cash out of his tight-fisted employers .

他无法从那些悭吝的雇主那里硬要到这笔额外的现金。

He knew how afraid these gentlemen were of getting their foreign suits dirty , and how unreasonable and tight-fisted most of them were .

他晓得那些穿洋服的先生们是多么怕脏了衣裳，也知道穿洋服的先生们多数的是多么强横而吝啬。

What a tight-fisted boss we have !

我们的老板多吝啬！

But the opposite happened as PC makers ran into tight-fisted consumers and retailers that were selling PCs at deep discounts over the holiday quarter .

然而现实正好相反，PC生产商撞上了捂紧钱包的消费者和在假日购物季以很大力度打折销售PC的零售商。

Asian clients can be tight-fisted , though as anyone will testify who has sat through tortuous negotiations only for advisers to be switched at the eleventh hour .

但亚洲客户也会相当吝啬任何经历了艰苦谈判、在最后一刻却看到交易顾问被换掉的人都会证实这一点。

A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune , but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than presents . ( O , Hare Noel , American writer )

关心的态度不仅能帮你省下一笔可观的钱，而且甚至能使你感到一份欣慰，因为你花钱不多并且给予了胜过礼物的关怀。

Oh ! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone , scrooge ! A squeezing , wrenching , grasping , scraping , clutching , covetous , old sinner !

喔！但他是一个吝啬的人，手有如研磨机。司克洛奇！一个奸诈、夺掠、攫取、杂碎、善于支配、贪婪的老坏蛋！