penurious

常見例句

Raised on a hog farm in Hunan Province, she laughs off the penurious ways of her parents and grandparents.
李小姐在湖南省的一家養(yǎng)豬場長大，她嘲笑祖父母及父母吝嗇的生活方式。
Small black and small armor Xi fair outside the tent, before gathered some mercenary soldiers at them, an eyes expose strange light-that is the penurious wind.
小黑和小鐵甲犀正在帳篷外面，在它們前面聚了一些傭兵，一個個目露奇光——那是貪婪的神色。
But the price was right for penurious law students: seventy-five dollars a month.
但是房子的租金對于不大方的法學院大學生還是很合適的：每個月75美元。

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