Drip, or "micro" irrigation, as the name suggests, is stingier with the water, delivering it to the roots of plants drop by drop.

滴灌，或者“微”灌溉，顾名思义，是更吝啬于水，把水一滴一滴地滴到植物的根部。

Banks will be stingier with credit.

银行的信誉额度会变得吝啬。

The richer he is, the stingier he becomes.

他越富有，变得越小气。

The flow of EU grants over the 2014-20 budget period will be stingier.

2014-20年欧盟对波兰的拨款将会减少。

America's UI payments are usually stingier and more short-lived than their equivalents in Europe and Canada.

美国的失业保险通常比欧洲和加拿大支付的数额少，支付时间短。

In addition the measure of inflation used to calculate annual increases in many benefits would be made stingier.

除此之外，用于衡量社会福利年增长的通货膨胀措施也将减少。

With stingier unemployment benefits and a lower federal tax take, America has fewer "automatic stabilisers" than other rich countries do.

美国的失业补助和联邦税收都相对较低，因此，比起其他发达国家，美国财政的“自动稳定器”效果不明显。

Stingier capital allowances, however, will raise the amount of profit subject to the tax, so the overall effect on companies will be neutral.

但是吝啬的财政补助会提高必须征税的利润量，那么总体上这些政策对公司是没有什么效果的。

Other studies in tipping have also shown that rich people tend to be a lot stingier in the tipping department than their poorer counterparts.

另有研究显示，富人在给小费时往往比较小气，反而是没那么有钱的人给得多。

Cynics pointed out that Wal-Mart pays more for employee health cover than weaker or stingier rivals, so any such mandate would raise costs for its competition.

批评派指出沃尔玛比那些较弱小和小气的对手们为员工健康保障支付的更多，因此任何这样的条例都会让提高他的竞争对手的成本。