miserly

英 [ˈmaɪzəli]

美 [ˈmaɪzərli]

adj. 吝啬的; 小气的; 极少的; 太小的

TOEFL GRE

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

He only received a miserly, beggarly, begrudging pittance.
他只得到一份少得可怜的微薄津贴。
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。
An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。
But Chinese misers prove less miserly and less ambitious when they are compared with those misers and careerists described by Moliai and Balzac.
并非我们没有守财奴，但比起莫里哀与巴尔扎克笔下的守财奴与野心家来，就小巫见大巫了。
Their miserly offer is unlikely to be accepted.
他们过低的报价是不可能被接受的。
He is miserly with both his time and his money.
他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
Real people have other concerns, and when the game is played in the laboratory, the first player usually offers a more even split, and tends to regret it if her offer is too miserly.
但现实中的人会有其他考虑，如果这个博弈在实验室中进行，第一位参与者通常会更平均地分配，如果她给第二位参与者分配得太过吝啬，可能就会后悔。
Humor me, I like to live happy, I am more optimistic and I have numerous partners, I am a bit miserly, I do not lose friends, I do lust, I will invite you for coming here!
我比较幽默，因此我喜欢快乐的活着，我比较开朗，因此我有众多的伙伴，我比较吝啬，因此我没有丧失朋友，我比较好色，所以我才会在这里邀请阁下的光临！
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 is more miserly than economical.
与其说他很节省，不如说他很小气。