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

• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't spoil things by being miserly.
  不要由于小气吝啬而坏事。
• 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 more miserly than economical.
  与其说他很节省，不如说他很小气。
• 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 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 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