Why is George called a penny pincher?

为什么把乔治叫作吝啬鬼？

You could say somebody " Scrooged" it up.

你可以说这是遇上吝啬鬼了。

Oh dear. I might be grumpy – and that means bad-tempered – but I'm not a scrooge!

哦，天啊。我或许是很暴躁，脾气不好，但是我不是吝啬鬼。

For penny-pinchers, the unpalatable conclusion is that hot-desking works best when people have lots of space.

让吝啬鬼很不开个结论是，当人们有足够大空间时，轮流工位效果才最好。

A penny pincher doesn't like spending money.

吝啬鬼不喜欢花钱。

A penny pincher is someone who likes to save money.

吝啬鬼是喜欢省钱人。

I might call a person like that, a penny pincher.

我可能会称这样人为吝啬鬼。

And yet you're not naturally a tightwad.

但你并不是天生吝啬鬼。

I leave my second son, Andrew, said the expiring miser, my whole estate, and desire him to be frugal.

“我把后事委托给二儿子安德鲁，”这位就要断气吝啬鬼说，“我全部不动产都会被他败光。”

The folks call me a miser, my dear.

亲爱，人们都叫我吝啬鬼。

Misers have no belief in a future life; the present is their all in all.

吝啬鬼不相信来生；现在是他们全部。

So, you can use the word " penny-pincher" .

所以，你可以用“吝啬鬼”这个词。

He's always been a penny-pincher and he always will be.

他直是个吝啬鬼，而且他永远都是。

Oh, Neil, you grumpy old Scrooge! And I hope you realise that the subject of today's show is Christmas kindness!

哦，尼尔，你这个暴躁老吝啬鬼！我希望你意识到了我们今天节目主题是圣诞节善行！

You know, word gets out you're a cheapskate.

吝啬鬼名声传出去可不好听。

In a word, he was a learned miser.

句话，他是个博吝啬鬼。

Some naughty boys nicknamed the old woman a niggard.

些淘气男孩给妇女取绰号为吝啬鬼。

Flowing around you, not brooding and nursing every niggard stone.

在你周围流动， 而不是沉思和护理每块吝啬鬼石头。

So to be a penny-pincher, and to pinch, (pincher) here means, to save.

所以要成为个吝啬鬼，捏，（pincher）这里意思是，节省。

Scrooge has given up hope for happiness, for love, for good cheer.

吝啬鬼放弃了对幸福，爱 和欢乐希望。