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Grudgingly 英 ɡrʌdʒɪŋli] 美 ɡrʌdʒɪŋli Adv.吝惜地 Giving Spending Money

英语单词 grudgingly
英美音标 英 ['ɡrʌdʒɪŋli] 美 ['ɡrʌdʒɪŋli]
中文释义 adv.吝惜地
英语例句 (1) Giving or spending money grudgingly; niggardly.
(2) In the end Zeus undertook to free her if they swore never more to rebel against him; and this each in turn grudgingly did.
中文例句 (1) 吝啬的给予或花钱吝啬的; 小气的
(2) 后来宙斯答应释放她,条件是大家要起誓永不再造反。诸神们虽然满心的不情愿,但还是个个作了保证。
vocabulary简明 If you do something grudgingly, you're not exactly whistling while you work — you're resentful and annoyed and only doing it, probably, because you have to.
vocabulary扩展 A grudge is a lingering resentment against someone, something you can't quite forgive. When you behave grudgingly, you're acting as if you're remembering some past slight or insult. If the guy behind the counter in the deli glares at you and hands you your sandwich grudgingly, you might wonder what you did to make him so grouchy and mad at you.

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