miserly

英 [ˈmaɪzəli]

美 [ˈmaɪzərli]

adj.  吝啬的; 小气的; 极少的; 太小的

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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.
  1. He is miserly with both his time and his money.
     他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  1. a mean person
  2. he left a miserly tip
  Synonym:meanmingytight

双语例句

• 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。
• An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
  铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。
• He only received a miserly, beggarly, begrudging pittance.
  他只得到一份少得可怜的微薄津贴。
• 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。
• 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。
• She muttered something to herself about penny-pinching miserly old men.
  她喃喃自语地抱怨那些小气的老守财奴。
• He is wise and miserly and you cannot skin him out of money.
  他既聪明又小气，你从他那里是根本骗不到钱的。
• 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 would turn the government into a miserly provider of pensions and health insurance.
  这项计划将把政府变成养老金和医疗保险的吝啬提供者。