Grudging

(adj.) petty or reluctant in giving or spending; 'a niggardly tip' .

(adj.) of especially an attitude; 'gave grudging consent'; 'grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory' .

埃罗尔校对

• And Gudrun could see he was making some slow confidence to Ursula, unwilling, a slow, grudging, scanty self-revelation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Yes, I can work as hard as he can, and with as little grudging. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The women made way for them, but barely sufficient, as if grudging to yield ground. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• How I was, in a grudging way I have no words for, envious of her grief. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I'd given one man and thought it too much, while he gave four without grudging them. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He would have noted an abundant cultivation, and have soared too high to discover that this cultivation was the grudging work of slaves. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You are envious, Biddy, and grudging. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Children were less eagerly sought by the inhabitants of the food-grudging steppes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I don't mind acknowledging to you that I've got rather a grudging disposition, and want to keep off all intruders. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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