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

• 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。
• 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！
• An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
  铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。
• A survey conducted by his group recently found that 80 per cent of Chinese women aged 22 to 32 plan to spend more in the next six months than they did in the last half year ( when they were anything but miserly).
  中国市场研究集团最近的调查发现，在22岁至32岁的中国女性中，80%未来6个月的计划支出高于去年同期（那时她们也算不上节俭）。
• He only received a miserly, beggarly, begrudging pittance.
  他只得到一份少得可怜的微薄津贴。
• He is more miserly than economical.
  与其说他很节省，不如说他很小气。
• 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。
• He is miserly with both his time and his money.
  他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
• And in these earlier studies, people often used their money to punish the richest and most miserly players.
  在这些早期实验中，人们常常利用自己的金钱惩罚最富有、最吝啬的玩家。