penurious

常見(jiàn)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(chǎng)長(zhǎng)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(gè)個(gè)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(duì)于不大方的法學(xué)院大學(xué)生還是很合適的：每個(gè)月75美元。

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