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。
• 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。
• An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
  铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。
• 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。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
• He only received a miserly, beggarly, begrudging pittance.
  他只得到一份少得可怜的微薄津贴。
• He is miserly with both his time and his money.
  他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
• 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。
• 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。