The stingy allocation of research funds limited the laboratory's ability to purchase essential equipment for experiments.
研究经费的吝啬分配限制了实验室购买必要实验设备的能力。
Which choice best defines “stingy”?
A — Unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous. “stingy” means unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous.
Which word means “unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous”?
D — stingy. “stingy” means unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous.
stingy — unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous. In Chinese: 吝啬的，小气的.
stingy is pronounced /ˈstɪndʒi/.
The stingy allocation of research funds limited the laboratory's ability to purchase essential equipment for experiments. (研究经费的吝啬分配限制了实验室购买必要实验设备的能力。)
miserly, parsimonious, tightfisted — all close in meaning to stingy (unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous).
generous, lavish — each the opposite of stingy (unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous).
Yes. stingy is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.