"mean person, miser," late 14c., nygart, of uncertain origin. The suffix suggests French origin (see -ard), but the root word is possibly from earlier nig "stingy" (c. 1300), perhaps from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse hnøggr "stingy," from Proto-Germanic *khnauwjaz (source of Swedish njugg "close, careful," German genau "precise, exact"), and to Old English hneaw "stingy, niggardly," which did not survive in Middle English.
双语例句
1. Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.
别指望那个吝啬鬼会请你吃饭.
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2. The niggard contributed little to them.
这个吝啬鬼几乎就没捐钱给他们.
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3. Never have we seen such a niggard like him!
象他这样的小气鬼我们何时见过?
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4. Nature is prodigal in variety, but niggard in innovation.
自然界虽富于变化却吝于革新.
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5. What magnanimous is not the Dao but the man. A niggard cannot do it.
