miserly
英 [ˈmaɪzəli]
美 [ˈmaɪzərli]
adj. 吝啬的; 小气的; 极少的; 太小的
BNC.32914 / COCA.27418
牛津词典
adj.
- 吝啬的;小气的
hating to spend money - 极少的;太小的
too small
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的
If you describe someone asmiserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.- He is miserly with both his time and his money.
他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
- He is miserly with both his time and his money.
- ADJ-GRADED 极少的;少得可怜的
If you describe an amount of something asmiserly, you are critical of it because it is very small.- Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.
现今,做一名补助金少得可怜、职业前景渺茫的学生非常不容易。
- Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.
英英释义
adj
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- a mean person
- he left a miserly tip
双语例句
- He only received a miserly, beggarly, begrudging pittance.
他只得到一份少得可怜的微薄津贴。 - He was a miserly wretch who grudged us food to eat, and clothes to wear
他是个吝啬的坏蛋,他克扣我们的伙食和穿衣 - Arguments about stimulus generate much more heat than light; even apparently miserly Germany has committed to a large stimulus programme.
有关刺激方案的争论,所带来的是更多的激烈情绪,而不是光明;即便是表面吝啬的德国,也已承诺出台一项大规模刺激方案。 - She's so miserly that she won't give anything to anyone.
她如此吝啬,不给任何人任何东西。 - Don't spoil things by being miserly.
不要由于小气吝啬而坏事。 - I had previously lived the life of a miserly savage.
我以前曾像吝啬的野蛮人那样生活过。 - A miserly gentleman stalked right past the doorman without tipping him.
一位吝啬的先生大摇大摆地从服务员身边径直走过而没有给小费。 - And in these earlier studies, people often used their money to punish the richest and most miserly players.
在这些早期实验中,人们常常利用自己的金钱惩罚最富有、最吝啬的玩家。 - Because if you want to have secure security, obviously you end up spending more money and sometimes people are miserly with that.
因为雇用安保服务要花很多钱,有人不想这样。 - He is miserly with both his time and his money.
他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。