begrudge

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be·grudge /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ verb [transitiveT usually in negatives]

1 JEALOUSto feel angry or upset with someone because they have something that you think they do not deserve 嫉妒

begrudge somebody something

We shouldn’t begrudge her this success.

我们不应该嫉妒她这次的成功。

2 ANNOYto feel annoyed or unhappy that you have to pay something, give someone something etc 舍不得给，不乐意给，吝惜

begrudge somebody something

The farmer’s wife never begrudged him a meal at the end of the day.

那农夫的妻子从不计较每天晚上给他做一顿晚饭。

begrudge doing something

I begrudge spending so much money on train fares.

我舍不得花这么多钱买火车票。

Examples from the Corpus

begrudge• What was paid out was begrudged.• Surely no-one in Castlereagh would begrudge a modest investment in proper safe, clean and comfortable working accommodation for their public servants?• He felt sure Viola wouldn't begrudge him that.• Like all the Service personnel one meets in remote places, he is dedicated, and does not begrudge his time.• She shouldn't begrudge others theirs.• While I did not begrudge the President his due recognition, this was a trifle fulsome.• She begrudged the time away from her writing.• I don't begrudge your cut.

begrudge somebody something• I pay my taxes; I don't begrudge the government its share.• She is gracious and talented, and no one begrudged her good fortune.

begrudge doing something• Most people don't begrudge tipping the waiter a little extra.

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