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

• A miserly gentleman stalked right past the doorman without tipping him.
  一位吝啬的先生大摇大摆地从服务员身边径直走过而没有给小费。
• She muttered something to herself about penny-pinching miserly old men.
  她喃喃自语地抱怨那些小气的老守财奴。
• 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 more miserly than economical.
  与其说他很节省，不如说他很小气。
• 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。
• It would turn the government into a miserly provider of pensions and health insurance.
  这项计划将把政府变成养老金和医疗保险的吝啬提供者。
• Don't spoil things by being miserly.
  不要由于小气吝啬而坏事。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
• She's so miserly that she won't give anything to anyone.
  她如此吝啬，不给任何人任何东西。
• An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
  铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。