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
- A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
[谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。 - Alas for labels and artists, however, their payout is miserly.
然而,这样音乐公司和歌手的收入就杯具了。 - Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness.
现在我对我的责任感到困惑茫然,这可怕的脆弱使我失去了一切平静。 - Don't spoil things by being miserly.
不要由于小气吝啬而坏事。 - 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 - 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。 - He is more miserly than economical.
与其说他很节省,不如说他很小气。 - 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。 - 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。 - It sums up the company well: an electronics manufacturer of formidable scope, but traditional and with a miserly eye on costs.
这很好地概括了松下公司:一家规模令人生畏、但传统且吝惜成本的电子产品制造商。