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Donny在北京學(xué)漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是Jimmy要問的：摳門。

Donny: Nice suit, Jimmy! You clean up nicely.

Jimmy: 怎么樣？我收拾收拾也挺帥吧!

Donny: You're going to a business dinner?

JIMMY: 對，我和一個朋友想作生意，要和投資人談?wù)??？晌夷桥笥烟負(fù)搁T，上次見投資人時去的麥當(dāng)勞，還AA制! 對了，摳門怎么說？He's cheap?

Donny: Yes, you could say that. You could also say he's a cheapskate. c-h-e-a-p-s-k-a-t-e, cheapskate.

JIMMY: Cheapskate，摳門的人。My friend was such a cheapskate!

Donny:Yeah! I can't believe that investor's still interested in working with you after your partner was being so tightfisted!

JIMMY: 哎？你說 tightfisted? tight是“緊”的意思，fist是拳頭，所以tightfisted就是手緊，舍不得花錢嘍？

Donny: Correct.

JIMMY: 還好，My tightfisted partner changed his mind. 我那吝嗇的朋友想通了，今天，我們要請投資人吃頓大餐!

Donny: That's nice. But don't act like spendthrifts. Spendthrift is spelled s-p-e-n-d-t-h-r-i-f-t. It refers to people who spend money like crazy.

JIMMY: 哦! spendthrift 指花錢無度，大手大腳的人。我原來有個室友，He was totally a spendthrift! 他女朋友多得數(shù)不過來，每個都向他要特貴的禮物。

Donny: That's a textbook case of a spendthrift attracting gold diggers!

JIMMY: Gold digger?

Donny: Yes. It refers to a woman whose primary interest in a relationship is material benefits.

JIMMY: 哦，那就是拜金女唄!

Donny: That's right! Let's see what you've learned today!

JIMMY: 第一，摳門可以說 tightfisted, 小氣鬼則是 cheapskate
第二，大手大腳花錢的人是 spendthrift
第三，拜金女是 gold digger.