miserly

英 [ˈmaɪzəli]

美 [ˈmaɪzərli]

adj. 吝啬的; 小气的; 极少的; 太小的

TOEFL GRE

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 father makes a prodigal son.
[谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
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。
Their miserly offer is unlikely to be accepted.
他们过低的报价是不可能被接受的。
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。
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。
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。
An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。
I had previously lived the life of a miserly savage.
我以前曾像吝啬的野蛮人那样生活过。
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 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）。