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

• Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness.
  现在我对我的责任感到困惑茫然，这可怕的脆弱使我失去了一切平静。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A miserly gentleman stalked right past the doorman without tipping him.
  一位吝啬的先生大摇大摆地从服务员身边径直走过而没有给小费。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。