niggardly
英 [ˈnɪɡədli]
美 [ˈnɪɡərdli]
adj. 吝啬的; 小气的; 不大度的; 不值钱的; 抠门儿的
BNC.36411 / COCA.38324
牛津词典
adj.
- 吝啬的；小气的；不大度的
unwilling to be generous with money, time, etc. - 不值钱的；抠门儿的；小气的
not worth much and given unwillingly
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的
If you describe someone asniggardly, you are criticizing them because they do not give or provide much of something.- Officials say the EU, which is supposed to provide most of the food needs, is being particularly niggardly.
官员们说应该提供所需的大部分食品的欧盟现在特别小气。 - ...a niggardly supply of hot water.
吝啬的热水供应
- Officials say the EU, which is supposed to provide most of the food needs, is being particularly niggardly.
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- Left the waiter a niggardly tip.
给了侍者一丁点小费。 - Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, and countenance.
别吝啬让你分文不花的东西，诸如礼貌、忠告和鼓励。 - The truth is, that nature, seldom profuse, and seldom niggardly, has distributed her gifts more equally than she is generally supposed to have done.
事实是，自然总是将天赋公平地分配给人们，比人们通常认为的还要不偏不倚，很少过分地慷慨，也很少吝啬。 - Don't be niggardly; you can afford to share your good fortune.
别小气，你能过得起好日子。 - Forced by hunger, he worked for the most niggardly pay.
为饥饿所迫，他为极少的工资而工作。 - You must sacrifice your poor, squawking, niggardly individuality.
你一定得牺牲你那无聊地爱好大声诉苦和心地狭窄的个性。 - The niggardly husband never gave her enough money for food.
小气的丈夫从不给她足够的钱买食品。 - We found your Cotter Pyke to be an uncouth and unpleasant man, quarrelsome and niggardly.
我们发现你的部下卡特·派克不仅粗鲁讨厌，动不动就吵架，而且还是个吝啬鬼。 - The criticism formed with four kinds of respects of mutual connection: firstly, criticizing the most niggardly form of material life;
这一批判是由相互联系的多个方面构成的：第一，即是对极其俭啬的物质生活形式的批判； - He is niggardly of money.
他用钱很吝啬。