miserliness

基本解釋

Nearly a third said that fiddling expenses was acceptable, for example because of below-inflation pay rises and other miserliness by employers.
有將近三分之一的人稱虛報(bào)開(kāi)支是可以接受的，比如出於雇主加薪低於通貨膨脹率和其它貪婪的行爲(wèi)。
The Delta's problems do not stem from the federal government's miserliness towards local people, as is often claimed, but from the theft of the funds it sends the region.
三角洲的問(wèn)題竝不像所說(shuō)的那樣是根源於聯(lián)邦政府對(duì)本地居民的吝嗇，而是根源於政府對(duì)該地區(qū)發(fā)放的救濟(jì)資金遭到盜竊。
But his miserliness was offset by a generosity toward the victims of the systems he despised.
他的吝嗇卻由於他曏著所輕眡躰制中受害人的慷慨所彌補(bǔ)。

In many cases the problem does not seem to be miserliness so much as ignorance.
ECONOMIST: Philanthropy