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

• He never descends to such meanness.
  他决不干那种卑鄙事。
• This man is very mean and famous for his meanness.
  这人很吝啬，也因吝啬而出名。
• Scarlett, it was n't altogether meanness that kept me from giving you the money you wanted.
  思嘉，你上次向我借钱时，我没有给你，那可并不完全是小气呀。
• His stupidity is rivalled only by his meanness.
  只有他的吝啬可以与他的愚蠢相配。
• I tried to find the root cause of this meanness in me.
  我力图找出我这种卑鄙性格的根本原因。
• That's a typical illustration of his meanness.
  那是说明他为人卑鄙的典型例子。
• He is contemptible for his meanness.
  他很卑劣，实在可鄙。
• For at best their victory never dawns on the shining new world they had dreamed of, cleansed of all human meanness.
  因为胜利的曙光无论如何也不会照耀在他们梦想中的那个摆脱了人类一切卑劣的灿烂的新世界上。
• 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。
• He stooped to such meanness.
  他堕落得这般卑鄙。