sparingly

英 ['speərɪŋli]

美 ['sperɪŋli]

adv.  很少; 细嚼慢咽地; 节俭地

TOEFLTEM8

BNC.18495 / COCA.17358

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 节约的;俭省的
  Someone who issparing withsomething uses it or gives it only in very small quantities.
  1. I've not been sparing with the garlic...
     我总是用很多大蒜。
  2. Her sparing use of make-up only seemed to enhance her classically beautiful features...
     一点淡妆反而增添了她五官的古典韵味。
  3. Only a sparing amount is needed.
     只需要很少的一点。

英英释义

adv

• to a meager degree or in a meager manner
  1. these voices are meagerly represented at the conference
  2. the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources
  Synonym:meagerlyslenderlymeagrely

双语例句

• Actually, we use them sparingly.
  实际上，我们很有节制地使用他们。
• The vegetable was dressed sparingly with butter, salt, and pepper.
  蔬菜里面黄油、盐和胡椒加得很少。
• Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
  干酪和咸肉，千万别吃够。
• This expensive spice was used only sparingly in cooking.
  这种价格不菲的调味品仅是用来烹调时节省地使用。
• General Rule of Thumb: Use emoticons and chat acronyms sparingly.
  一般的使用经验：要谨慎地使用电子情感符号和聊天缩写词。
• Use blocking calls sparingly and only for initialization, especially when writing network services where performance matters.
  只在初始化时使用少量的阻塞调用，尤其是在编写注重性能的网络服务时。
• Furthermore, use your fonts consistently and sparingly.
  此外，一致地而且保守地使用你的字型。
• Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully.
  不轻易许诺；答应了的事就一定要做。
• Use the milk sparingly, there's not much left.
  少用些牛奶，剩下的不多了。
• Take as many as you need, but use them sparingly.
  需要多少就拿多少，但是用的时候不要浪费。