英语词汇“Scrooge-like”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Scrooge-like

adjective

(Of a person or their behaviour) miserly; mean with money: civic leaders were branded Scrooge-like for axeing their festive budget...

The problem is the Scrooge-like approach of too many traders.
The venerable toy firm today issued interim figures that would please even the most Scrooge-like of investors.
The US is also hardly Scrooge-like on defence spending.

1970s: from the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843).

单词	Scrooge-like
释义	Scrooge-like adjective (Of a person or their behaviour) miserly; mean with money: civic leaders were branded Scrooge-like for axeing their festive budget... The problem is the Scrooge-like approach of too many traders. The venerable toy firm today issued interim figures that would please even the most Scrooge-like of investors. The US is also hardly Scrooge-like on defence spending. Origin 1970s: from the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843).
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