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

• The so-called "misery is not miserly" phenomenon is well-known to psychologists, advertisers and personalshoppers alike, and has been documented in a similar study in2004.
  这就是为众多心理学家所知道的所谓的“伤心不吝啬”现象，广告商和店老板也是一样，在2004年在一次相似的试验中被记录下来。
• Swiss tourists were commended for being quiet and considerate, unlike the Britons who were judged to be the fifth worst tourists because of rude behavior, noise and a miserly attitude to tipping.
  瑞士游客不会大声喧哗，而且善于体谅他人，因而受到酒店经营者们的赞扬；而英国游客则因行为粗鲁、喧哗和吝啬小费成为素质最差的第五大游客群。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• He said the bulk of this is held in deposit accounts earning miserly returns.
  他表示，日本大部分家庭储蓄以存款形式存在银行，收益微薄。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't spoil things by being miserly.
  不要由于小气吝啬而坏事。