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

• Therefore, in a spirit of meanness, rancour, cynicism and misanthropy, let us revive an old tradition by wondering if there is sometimes a little more to philanthropy than compassion and benevolence.
  这样吧，让我们以一种自私吝啬、充满敌意、玩世不恭和愤世嫉俗的精神，重拾一个古老的传统，想想是否慈善事业有时不仅仅与热情和仁爱有关。
• Well, they were honest eyes, he concluded, and in them was neither smallness nor meanness.
  好了，他的结论是自己这对眼睛是诚恳的，其中没有小气和卑劣。
• His stupidity is rivalled only by his meanness.
  只有他的吝啬可以与他的愚蠢相配。
• 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。
• The wind really meanness, and my mouth close dry.
  这风真鄙陋，把我的嘴都亲干了。
• But in French culture it symbolizes meanness, war, and evil women.
  而在法国文化中，它却代表着卑鄙、战争和恶妇。
• 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。
• 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。
• In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
  他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。
• 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。