be·grudge /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ verb [transitiveT usually in negatives]
1JEALOUSto 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。
2ANNOYto 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 modestinvestment in propersafe, clean and comfortable working accommodation for their public servants?• He felt sureViola 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 duerecognition, this was a triflefulsome.• 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.