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

• 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。
• 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。
• The so-called "misery is not miserly" phenomenon is well-known to psychologists, advertisers and personalshoppers alike, and has been documented in a similar study in2004.
  这就是为众多心理学家所知道的所谓的“伤心不吝啬”现象，广告商和店老板也是一样，在2004年在一次相似的试验中被记录下来。
• An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
  铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。
• 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）。
• 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。
• Real people have other concerns, and when the game is played in the laboratory, the first player usually offers a more even split, and tends to regret it if her offer is too miserly.
  但现实中的人会有其他考虑，如果这个博弈在实验室中进行，第一位参与者通常会更平均地分配，如果她给第二位参与者分配得太过吝啬，可能就会后悔。
• And in these earlier studies, people often used their money to punish the richest and most miserly players.
  在这些早期实验中，人们常常利用自己的金钱惩罚最富有、最吝啬的玩家。
• Humor me, I like to live happy, I am more optimistic and I have numerous partners, I am a bit miserly, I do not lose friends, I do lust, I will invite you for coming here!
  我比较幽默，因此我喜欢快乐的活着，我比较开朗，因此我有众多的伙伴，我比较吝啬，因此我没有丧失朋友，我比较好色，所以我才会在这里邀请阁下的光临！
• He is miserly with both his time and his money.
  他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。