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A miserly duck, a vampire and pair of precocious kids are among the richest fictional characters, according to a ranking by Forbes.

《福布斯》最新发布虚拟人物富豪榜。贪婪的老鸭、吸血鬼以及早熟的孩子等虚拟人物纷纷上榜。

Sheer necessity had made the poor girl so miserly that Gtandet had come to feel the affection for her a man feels for his dog.

可怜的姑娘因为一无所有，变得吝啬不堪，终于使葛朗台象喜欢一条狗一样的喜欢她。

However, there is no doubt that this is there is a grid of flowers, will never be vulgar, and never so miserly toward the heart and life.

但毫无疑问，这是一朵有格的花，永远不会粗鄙化，永远那么孤寒而向着内心的生活。

It sums up the company well: an electronics manufacturer of formidable scope, but traditional and with a miserly eye on costs.

这很好地概括了松下公司：一家规模令人生畏、但传统且吝惜成本的电子产品制造商。

Ms. Li teased her mother about her miserly ways, pointing out that her last clothing purchase was a decade ago.

李女士嘲笑母亲吝啬的方式，指出母亲上次买衣服应该是十年前了。

As he was a miserly person. He thought he would find out what he would have to pay his doctor.

但是因为他是一个很吝啬的人，想弄清楚看病究竟该付多少钱再说。

Harry Truman used the same communist threat to get his way with a miserly Congress.

哈里·杜鲁门同样使用了共产主义威胁来对付吝啬的国会。

Her way of life was mean and miserly, but she did not know it.

她的生活寒怆吝啬，而她不自知。

Each panellist who has agreed to have their Internet grazing habits monitored will be paid a seemingly miserly fee of $50 a year.

每一个已同意自己在因特网上的浏览习惯被监测的小组成员每年可以得到50美元的报酬，这似乎有点吝啬。

only loves money, miserly My boss is super greedy. He never lends his dough to anyone.

我老板是个大财迷。他从来不借钱给别人。

Arguments about stimulus generate much more heat than light; even apparently miserly Germany has committed to a large stimulus programme.

有关刺激方案的争论，所带来的是更多的激烈情绪，而不是光明；即便是表面吝啬的德国，也已承诺出台一项大规模刺激方案。

To none is she altogether miserly; but she has her favourites, on whom she squanders much, and for whom she makes great sacrifices.

她不对任一人彻底失望，但却有自己宠爱之人，令她多加挥霍，多加牺牲。

Gratuity can be a tricky business: What's just right in one country can be miserly or extravagant in another.

给小费是一件棘手的事情，在一个国家适当数目的小费在另一个国家可能会被认为太吝啬或是太阔绰。

Even before the recession GDP was barely crawling along, with growth averaging a miserly 0. 7% a year over the past decade (see chart).

在经济衰退之前，GDP勉强爬行，在过去十年里，GDP增长的年平均值仅为0.7%（见下图）。

Libra's tastes are expensive. Virgo is careful, not to say miserly.

天秤品味奢侈，处女则谨慎，但并不吝啬。

It would turn the government into a miserly provider of pensions and health insurance.

这项计划将把政府变成养老金和医疗保险的吝啬提供者。

If it's miserly to count one's blessings, Brewster Ashenden's a miser.

如果整天专注于数着自己财富，那么布鲁斯特.埃森顿就是个吝啬鬼。

"The pincher, " was his thought; "too miserly to burn two cents' worth of gas and save his boarders' necks. "

“吝啬鬼，”他想，“就舍不得花两分钱煤气点个灯，免得房客摔断脖子。”

It is only when it believes something to be rare that the mind ceases to be miserly in assigning values.

只在它相信某件东西是实在稀有罕见的时候，它在事物的估价上才不再吝惜。

The son subverts his father's miserly way of life and consumption and his selfish and domineering father image.

儿子颠覆了父亲“守财奴式”的生活和消费方式以及自私、专制的父亲形象。