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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is miserly with both his time and his money.
  他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Swiss tourists were commended for being quiet and considerate, unlike the Britons who were judged to be the fifth worst tourists because of rude behavior, noise and a miserly attitude to tipping.
  瑞士游客不会大声喧哗，而且善于体谅他人，因而受到酒店经营者们的赞扬；而英国游客则因行为粗鲁、喧哗和吝啬小费成为素质最差的第五大游客群。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。