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begrudge

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++be·grudge /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ verb [transitive 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。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
begrudgeWhat 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 somethingI 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 somethingMost people don't begrudge tipping the waiter a little extra.
be·grudge verbChineseSyllable
angry or feel with someone upset to Corpus because


begrudge
begrudge /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ verb [transitive usually in negatives]
1. to feel angry or upset with someone because they have something that you think they do not deserve
    begrudge somebody something
    We shouldn’t begrudge her this success.
2. to feel annoyed or unhappy that you have to pay something, give someone something etc
    begrudge somebody something
    The farmer’s wife never begrudged him a meal at the end of the day.
    begrudge doing something
    I begrudge spending so much money on train fares.


be·grudgeBrE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they begrudge BrE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it begrudges BrE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒɪz/ 🔊past simple begrudged BrE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒd/ 🔊past participle begrudged BrE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒd/ 🔊 -ing form begrudging BrE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ/ 🔊 (often used in negative sentences 常用于否定句) to feel unhappy that sb has sth because you do not think that they deserve it 嫉妒;对(某人所享有的)感到不满~ sb sth You surely don't begrudge him his happiness. 你该不是嫉妒他的幸福吧。🔊🔊~ sb doing sth I don't begrudge her being so successful. 我并没有因她如此成功而怏怏不乐。🔊🔊to feel unhappy about having to do, pay or give sth 勉强做;不乐意地做(或付出)~ sth I begrudge every second I spent trying to help him. 我为了帮助他而花掉的每一秒钟都令我不痛快。🔊🔊~ doing sth They begrudge paying so much money for a second-rate service. 花这么多的钱,却得到二流的服务,这使他们十分不快。🔊🔊