miserly的翻译,读音
英/ ˈmaɪzəli /
美/ ˈmaɪzərli /
释义:
adj.吝啬的;贪婪的
近义词
adj. tightpinchpenny
同根词
miser n. 守财奴;吝啬鬼;(石油工程上用的)凿井机miserliness n. 贪婪;吝啬
例句
But as he was a miserly person. 可他是一个很吝啬的人。
A miserly landlord's beggarly treatment of an indigent tenant (一个吝啬的房东给穷住客的可鄙对待); 。
A miserly gentleman stalked right past the doorman without tipping him. 一位吝啬的先生大摇大摆地从服务员身边径直走过而没有给小费。
"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) 。
But as he was a miserly person he thought he would find out what he would have to pay this doctor. 但由于他是一个吝啬的人,他原以为他会找出什么,他便要付出这样的医生。