1. We must not equate thrift with stinginess. 我们不能把勤俭和吝啬等同起来。
2. stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others. 因只关心自己的幸福而导致的自私。
3. Thus, the widespread criticism of the Bank's stinginess in its approach to the market is irrelevant to what happened to Northern Rock. 因此，关于央行为市场输送的流动性规模过小的广泛批评，与北岩的困境无关。
英英解释
n.
1. a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
