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词汇 begrudged
释义 begrudged
past simple and past participle ofbegrudge
begrudge
verb[ T ]
uk /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ us /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/
to feel unhappy because someone has something that you think they do not deserve: 羡慕;嫉妒
[ + two objects ]I don't begrudge him his freedom.我并不羡慕他的自由。
to feel unhappy about spending money on something or spending time doing something: 抱怨,发牢骚
They begrudged every day they had to stay with their father.他们抱怨每天都不得不和父亲呆在一起。
[ + -ing verb ]She begrudged paying so much for an ice cream cone.她抱怨买个蛋筒冰激凌这么贵。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unwilling and reluctant
arsed
balk
baulk
be blowed if...idiom
be in no mood for something/to do somethingidiom
begrudge
deign
disinclination
disinclined
disobliging
drag your heels/feetidiom
indisposed
indisposition
not have the stomach for somethingidiom
rather you than meidiom
reluctance
reluctant
reluctantly
willy-nilly
wouldn't

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Mean with money
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling

Examples of begrudged


begrudged

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


A little money spent judiciously on educating those children should not be begrudged.
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At any rate, those costs would not be begrudged by the animal lover.
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Grabbing a begrudged compromise here; clutching an opt-out clause there.
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The sum that was made available was only £5,000, but it was not to be begrudged.
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I am sure that this heavy and increasing charge will not be begrudged.
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Parliament left the reporting of its proceedings as late as 1878 because it begrudged the expenditure.
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The original partners have never for a moment begrudged him these disproportionate profits because they recognise that his small contribution saved them at a time of great need.
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Though he begrudged the practice of law, he had friends and relatives in the legal profession, whom he aided infrequently when his assistance was requested.
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They perform, with begrudged success.
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