英语词汇“miserly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

miserly

(maɪzəʳli )

1. adjective

If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. [disapproval]

He is miserly with both his time and his money.

Synonyms: mean, stingy, penny-pinching [informal], parsimonious

2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small. [disapproval]

Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.

单词	miserly
释义	miserly (maɪzəʳli ) 1. adjective If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. [disapproval] He is miserly with both his time and his money. Synonyms: mean, stingy, penny-pinching [informal], parsimonious 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small. [disapproval] Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.
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