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

• But Chinese misers prove less miserly and less ambitious when they are compared with those misers and careerists described by Moliai and Balzac.
  并非我们没有守财奴，但比起莫里哀与巴尔扎克笔下的守财奴与野心家来，就小巫见大巫了。
• He is wise and miserly and you cannot skin him out of money.
  他既聪明又小气，你从他那里是根本骗不到钱的。
• 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。
• Because if you want to have secure security, obviously you end up spending more money and sometimes people are miserly with that.
  因为雇用安保服务要花很多钱，有人不想这样。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
• Don't spoil things by being miserly.
  不要由于小气吝啬而坏事。
• A survey conducted by his group recently found that 80 per cent of Chinese women aged 22 to 32 plan to spend more in the next six months than they did in the last half year ( when they were anything but miserly).
  中国市场研究集团最近的调查发现，在22岁至32岁的中国女性中，80%未来6个月的计划支出高于去年同期（那时她们也算不上节俭）。
• Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness.
  现在我对我的责任感到困惑茫然，这可怕的脆弱使我失去了一切平静。
• He is more miserly than economical.
  与其说他很节省，不如说他很小气。
• It sums up the company well: an electronics manufacturer of formidable scope, but traditional and with a miserly eye on costs.
  这很好地概括了松下公司：一家规模令人生畏、但传统且吝惜成本的电子产品制造商。