meanness

英

美

n.  下贱卑劣卑鄙；粗野；劣等无价值；无聊；吝啬小气

复数：meannesses　

BNC.21894 / COCA.19328

英英释义

noun

• extreme stinginess
  Synonym:minginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimonyparsimoniousnesstightnesstightfistednesscloseness
• the quality of being deliberately mean
  Synonym:beastliness

双语例句

• If I should turn myself inside out, my rags and meanness would indeed appear.
  要是我把自己的内里翻出来，我的破烂和卑鄙就真要献丑了。
• It explains most happiness and unhappiness, most success and failure, most greatness and meanness in life.
  它解释了人们生活中的大部分幸福和不幸，大部分成功和失败，以及大部分高尚和卑劣。
• He never descends to such meanness.
  他决不干那种卑鄙事。
• He watches every penny he spends, which gives him a reputation for meanness.
  他每花一分钟都要考虑再三，这使他获得吝啬的名声。
• What revolted him most was such meanness.
  最使他反感的是这种卑劣行径。
• This in no sense is due to meanness.
  这绝不是出于吝啬。
• That's a typical illustration of his meanness.
  那是说明他为人卑鄙的典型例子。
• Caring and amazingly supportive, they didn't want other people's meanness to drive me into isolation.
  父母对我关怀备至，给了我极大的支持，他们不想让别人的冷漠使我陷于孤独。
• She had seen enough of her pride, her meanness.
  她看够了费拉尔斯太太的骄傲、平庸。
• This man is very mean and famous for his meanness.
  这人很吝啬，也因吝啬而出名。