1·The Solution: While I agree that you shouldn’t be a miserly Scrooge and save every penny because it physically hurts you to spend it, going the other extreme is just as bad.
策略:我同意说你不该是个吝啬的守财奴,存下每一分钱,一花钱你就觉得受到伤害,但是走向另一个极端也是不好的。
2·He's a real scrooge.
他是个不折不扣的守财奴。
3·Scrooge McDuck, the " penny-pinching poultry" with a fortune in gold coins whose estimated worth is $44.1 billion, headed the list of Forbes' "Fictional 15" wealthiest imaginary characters.
贪婪的老鸭、吸血鬼以及早熟的孩子等虚拟人物纷纷上榜。 “守财奴”史高治•麦克老鸭(译者注:迪斯尼动画中唐老鸭的舅舅)在《福布斯》15位最富有虚拟人物榜中高居榜首,它囤积了估价达441亿美元的金币。
1·Alastair Sim played Scrooge in the classic 1951 film adaptation of a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
在1951年查尔斯斯·狄更斯的改编电影《圣诞颂歌》中,阿拉斯塔尔·西姆扮演的吝啬鬼角色就曾经说过这句话。
2·He is too much of a Scrooge to contribute to the church fund.
他是个十足的吝啬鬼,不会捐钱给教会基金。