释义 |
begrudgebe‧grudge /bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/ verb [transitive usually in negatives] VERB TABLEbegrudge |
Present | I, you, we, they | begrudge | | he, she, it | begrudges | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | begrudged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have begrudged | | he, she, it | has begrudged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had begrudged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will begrudge | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have begrudged |
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Present | I | am begrudging | | he, she, it | is begrudging | | you, we, they | are begrudging | Past | I, he, she, it | was begrudging | | you, we, they | were begrudging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been begrudging | | he, she, it | has been begrudging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been begrudging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be begrudging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been begrudging |
- He felt sure Viola wouldn't begrudge him that.
- I don't begrudge your cut.
- Like all the Service personnel one meets in remote places, he is dedicated, and does not begrudge his time.
- She begrudged the time away from her writing.
- She shouldn't begrudge others theirs.
- Surely no-one in Castlereagh would begrudge a modest investment in proper safe, clean and comfortable working accommodation for their public servants?
- What was paid out was begrudged.
- While I did not begrudge the President his due recognition, this was a trifle fulsome.
1to feel angry or upset with someone because they have something that you think they do not deservebegrudge somebody something We shouldn’t begrudge her this success.2to feel annoyed or unhappy that you have to pay something, give someone something etcbegrudge 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. |