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.吝嗇的；少量的

词根记忆

• 來自miser(n.吝嗇鬼)

同根派生

• n性質的同根詞

  miser：守財奴；吝嗇鬼；（石油工程上用的）鑿井機。

  miserliness：貪婪；吝嗇。

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英汉例句

• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  老子守財奴,兒子敗家子.
• Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.
  現今，做一名補助金少得可憐、職業前景渺茫的學生非常不容易。
• Now, my uncle seemed so miserly that I was struck dumb by this sudden generosity.
  原來似乎是非常小氣的伯伯竟突然間慷慨起來,這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.
  現今，做一名補助金少得可憐、職業前景渺茫的學生非常不容易。
• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  老子守財奴,兒子敗家子.

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词组短语

短語

• miserly father 慳吝的父親
• miserly y 小氣的
• Being Miserly 吝嗇
• be miserly 吝嗇
• Miserly worker 小杉勇飾

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (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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