miserly
🇬🇧/ˈmaɪzəli/ 🇺🇸/ˈmaɪzərli/📚 30127If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. 吝啬的; 视财如命的
adjective [原级]吝啬的；贪婪的
If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small.
极少的; 少的可怜的
来自miser(n. 吝啬鬼)
单词造句:
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- He is miserly with both his time and his money. 他对时间和金钱都非常吝啬。
- Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult. 眼下，做一名补助金少得可怜、职业前景渺茫的学生可真不容易。
- He is more miserly than economical. 与其说他很节省，不如说他很小气。