adj.吝嗇的;少量的
名詞: miserliness
/">成人英語托福單詞大全adj.(形容詞)(人)吝嗇的
貪婪的
小氣的
數(shù)量極少的
太小的
守財(cái)奴的
吝嗇鬼的
adj
1. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
e.g. a mean person
he left a miserly tip
Synonym: meanmingytight
1. 吝嗇的;小氣的
If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.
e.g. He is miserly with both his time and his money.
他對(duì)時(shí)間和金錢都很吝嗇。
2. 極少的;少得可憐的
If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small.
e.g. Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.
現(xiàn)今,做一名補(bǔ)助金少得可憐、職業(yè)前景渺茫的學(xué)生非常不容易。
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1. 小氣的、吝嗇的:frugal 節(jié)儉的 | miserly 小氣的、吝嗇的 | miserable 悲慘的
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2. 吝嗇的:miserliness 吝嗇 | miserly 吝嗇的 | Misery loves company 同病相憐
3. 小氣的、吝嗇的 MRS李:frugal 節(jié)儉的 腐乳就夠了 | miserly 小氣的、吝嗇的 MRS李 | miserable 悲慘的
4. 小氣的、吝嗇的--小氣鬼李先生:frugal 節(jié)儉的--腐乳就夠了->節(jié)儉 | miserly 小氣的、吝嗇的--小氣鬼李先生 | loom v.若隱若現(xiàn) n.織布機(jī)
以上就是本站詳細(xì)整理的詞語miserly是什么意思的翻譯解釋,供大家參考一下。
To live a long life but is poor. This is because in the past one loved animal but was stingy and miserly.(長(zhǎng)壽而貧賤的人,是因?yàn)樗^去慈愛動(dòng)物而卻吝于施舍。)
Oil firms balked at the miserly terms Iraq was offering for other fields.(對(duì)于伊拉克為其它油田提供的吝嗇條件,石油公司采取回避態(tài)度。)
It is only when it believes something to be rare that the mind ceases to be miserly in assigning values.(只在它相信某件東西是實(shí)在稀有罕見的時(shí)候,它在事物的估價(jià)上才不再吝惜。)
Snow on the town's baptism, is miserly, short-lived.(雪對(duì)小城的洗禮,是吝嗇的,短暫的。)
But as he was a miserly person.(可他是一個(gè)很吝嗇的人。)
If it's miserly to count one's blessings, Brewster Ashenden's a miser.(如果對(duì)自己所有念念不忘是一種吝嗇,那么,我,布魯斯特·阿什旦是一個(gè)吝嗇鬼。)
In a few instances, he becomes pessimistic and miserly.(極少情況下,摩羯男也會(huì)變得悲觀、吝嗇。)
Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.(眼下,做一名補(bǔ)助金少得可憐、職業(yè)前景渺茫的學(xué)生可真不容易。)
Wage growth is miserly.(工資增長(zhǎng)幅度極低。)
B miserly father makes a prodigal son.(有吝嗇的爸爸必有敗家之子。)
A miserly and cruel man who counted every biscuit in the tin.