Miserly
['maɪzəlɪ]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
卡梅拉整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Covetous, avaricious, niggardly, sordid, stingy, parsimonious, penurious, close, mean, close-fisted.
校對:桑福德
同義詞及反義詞：
[See LIBERAL]
校對:威尔默
例句/造句/用法:
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He is the son of a miserly oligarch, and has been taught by him to restrain the love of unnecessary pleasures. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on, with a miserly relish of Estella's moods, whatever they were. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Any book that seemed to promise a chance of miserly biography, Mr Boffin purchased without a moment's delay and carried home. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Miserly too, my dear; which is far the most unpromising for us. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- A gloomy house the Bower, with sordid signs on it of having been, through its long existence as Harmony Jail, in miserly holding. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Is not this the way--he is the son of the miserly and oligarchical father who has trained him in his own habits? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
校對:威尔默