miserly

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈmaɪ.zəl.i]
• 美式音标 [ˈmaɪ.zɚ.li]
• 国际音标 ['maizəli]
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基本解释

• adj.吝啬的；少量的

词根记忆

• 来自miser(n.吝啬鬼)

同根派生

• n性质的同根词

  miser：守财奴；吝啬鬼；（石油工程上用的）凿井机。

  miserliness：贪婪；吝啬。

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英汉例句

• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  老子守财奴,儿子败家子.
• 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。
• Now, my uncle seemed so miserly that I was struck dumb by this sudden generosity.
  原来似乎是非常小气的伯伯竟突然间慷慨起来,这倒一下子把我弄得目瞪口呆.
• 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。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  老子守财奴,儿子败家子.

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词组短语

短语

• miserly father 悭吝的父亲
• miserly y 小气的
• Being Miserly 吝啬
• be miserly 吝啬
• Miserly worker 小杉勇饰

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (PERSON) like or typical of a miser
• (AMOUNT) A miserly amount is extremely small.

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.
• If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small.

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