1. He's very tightfisted. 8. Her boss is a skinflint. 他很吝啬。她老板是个一毛不拔的人。
2. His tightfisted employer is unwilling to give him a raise. 他吝啬的老板不愿意给他提薪。
3. His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise. 他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
4. Be determined to get as much as you can now, just in case you should find future employers and clients to be maddeningly tightfisted. 下决心尽可能地赚取更多的财富,以防你在将来发现上司和客户吝啬得发慌。
5. Those files reveal that the church was tightfisted with her as she tried to care for her son, particularly as his cancer treatments grew more costly. 那些文档揭示,在她为她儿子争取赡养费,特别是为他儿子支付昂贵的癌症治疗费时,教堂对她极其吝啬。