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

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。
But Chinese misers prove less miserly and less ambitious when they are compared with those misers and careerists described by Moliai and Balzac.
并非我们没有守财奴，但比起莫里哀与巴尔扎克笔下的守财奴与野心家来，就小巫见大巫了。
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。
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。
Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness.
现在我对我的责任感到困惑茫然，这可怕的脆弱使我失去了一切平静。
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。
He was a miserly wretch who grudged us food to eat, and clothes to wear
他是个吝啬的坏蛋，他克扣我们的伙食和穿衣
He is miserly with both his time and his money.
他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.
铁公鸡在汉语中的意思是一毛不拔。