英语释义

• used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;

  "a mean person"

  "he left a miserly tip"

片语

pinchpenny吝啬鬼

tight紧的；密封的；绷紧的；麻烦的；严厉的；没空的；吝啬的

be miserly吝啬

Miserly worker小杉勇饰

miserly y小气的

miserly father悭吝的父亲

miserly a吝啬的

The miserly old man孤寒财主

Being Miserly吝啬

The Miserly KnightThe Miserly Knight, also The Covetous Knight, (, Skupój rytsar’) is a Russian opera in one act with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with the libretto based on Alexander Pushkin's drama of the same name. It contains roles for five male singers, but no female

miserly very stingy一毛不拔

英汉例句

• if that looks small, the us offer shrinks to a miserly 4% when it is calculated on a 1990 baseline, the starting point for most developed countries.

  如果说这个数字看起来比较小，那么将它与1990年的基準相比更只有可怜的4%；许多发达国家都将1990年的排放指标定为基準点。

• from then on the reader, too, is alert for him, doffing his robe to dance, dominating the tiltyard, until in 1509 he throws the windows open and sweeps his father’s miserly dreariness away.

  读者也是从那时候起对他心生警觉，他不穿长袍跳舞，在骑士比武场上称霸，直到1509年他洞开所有的窗户，一扫他父亲满是吝啬的凄凉。

• for example, where gene-testing monopolies do not accept the miserly reimbursements offered by medicaid—the american government health scheme for the poor—the indigent suffer.

  举个例子，很多基因检测的垄断商都拒绝和医疗补助机构达成交易，因为他们出的价钱的低的可怜。医疗补助机构是政府为穷人设置的医疗设施，这样一来受害的是穷人。

• the solution: while i agree that you shouldn’t be a miserly scrooge and save every penny because it physically hurts you to spend it, going the other extreme is just as bad.

  策略：我同意说你不该是个吝啬的守财奴，存下每一分钱，一花钱你就觉得受到伤害，但是走向另一个极端也是不好的。

• network airlines are, in america and much of the rich world, licences to lose money or make miserly returns—and amr is certainly no exception.

  在美国和大部分富裕国家，网络航空公司注定会做赔本买卖，甚至赔的一塌糊涂，amr集团也毫不例外。

• he is more miserly than economical.

  与其说他很节省，不如说他很小气。

• to the extent that valuations are being driven up by price-insensitive vcs, they「ll fall again if vcs become more like super-angels and start to become more miserly about valuations.

  从某种程度上来说，估值是被对于价格不敏感的风投们拉升起来的，如果风投们变得更像超级天使们且开始变得对估值变得更加吝啬，它们就将回落。

• in the past decade its firms have modernised and their workers have accepted miserly pay rises, boosting their competitiveness.

  在过去十年中，它的企业一直很现代化，它的工人被纵容贪婪的要求涨工资，增强他们的竞争力。

• because if you want to have secure security, obviously you end up spending more money and sometimes people are miserly with that.

  因为雇用安保服务要花很多钱，有人不想这样。

• it is only when it believes something to be rare that the mind ceases to be miserly in assigning values.

  只在它相信某件东西是实在稀有罕见的时候，它在事物的估价上才不再吝惜。

• from then on the reader, too, is alert for him, doffing his robe to dance, dominating the tiltyard, until in 1509 he throws the windows open and sweeps his father」s miserly dreariness away.

  从那时起，无论是他甩下长袍跳舞，还是在持茅骑士比武场独领鳌头，读者不免对他留了神。直到1509年，他猛力推开那扇将他父亲爱财如命的枯燥无味的生活气息一扫而尽的窗户。

• huang guangyu, who built an appliance shop into a fortune valued at $2.7 billion to $6.3 billion, was singled out by hurun report in 2007 as an especially miserly donor.

  黄光裕，他将一家电器商店建成为一家财富价值27亿至63亿美元的大企业，但《胡润报告》2007年特别点明他非常吝啬。

• the elderly have become more miserly because of concern about shrinking retirement funds and the solvency of the nation's social security system.

  老年人变得越来越吝啬，因为他们考虑到退休金和国家社会福利的缩水。

• america, the biggest total donor, is miserly compared with most other countries.

  捐赠总数最多的美国与大多数其他国家相比尚显吝啬。

• in the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are miserly with costs, wary of debt, cautious with cashflow and obsessively attentive to what customers want.

  在接下来的几年中，能够生机繁荣的企业将会是那些削减成本，对债务保持警惕，对现金流小心谨慎并关注消费需求的公司。

• oil firms balked at the miserly terms iraq was offering for other fields.

  对于伊拉克为其它油田提供的吝啬条件，石油公司采取回避态度。

• even before the recession gdp was barely crawling along, with growth averaging a miserly 0.7% a year over the past decade (see chart).

  在经济衰退之前，gdp勉强爬行，在过去十年里，gdp增长的年平均值仅为0.7%（见下图）。

• the risk is that tight planning laws, miserly banks and skill shortages will limit growth and offset any benefit from a weaker pound.

  严格的计划法，小气的银行以及技术工人的缺乏会限制发展，抵消英镑贬值所带来的利益。

• 「he was a miserly wretch who grudged us food to eat, and clothes to wear」 (charles dickens).

  「他是个吝啬的坏蛋，他克扣我们的伙食和穿衣」（查尔斯?狄）

相似词

niggardlyad 吝啬地，小气地；很少量地

greedy贪婪的；贪吃的；渴望的

tight紧的；密封的；绷紧的；麻烦的；严厉的；没空的；吝啬的

相反词

generous慷慨的，大方的；宽宏大量的；有雅量的