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

• 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。
• 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。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
• He only received a miserly, beggarly, begrudging pittance.
  他只得到一份少得可怜的微薄津贴。
• 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 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't spoil things by being miserly.
  不要由于小气吝啬而坏事。
• 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。