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。
• His meanness has become something of a standing joke.
  他的小气已成了经常引人发笑的笑料。
• 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。
• This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.
  这个在现实生活和精神生活中同样艰难的规则，诠释着整个伟大和渺小的区别。
• The meanness of anonymity gave a shuddering obscenity to the moment.
  这种匿名的卑鄙行为使他一时觉得下流得让人吃不消。
• 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。
• What revolted him most was such meanness.
  最使他反感的是这种卑劣行径。
• That's a typical illustration of his meanness.
  那是说明他为人卑鄙的典型例子。
• This man is very mean and famous for his meanness.
  这人很吝啬，也因吝啬而出名。
• This in no sense is due to meanness.
  这绝不是出于吝啬。