niggardly
美 [?n?ɡ?rdli]
英 [?n?ɡ?(r)dli] 
- adj.吝嗇的;小氣的;不大度的;不值錢的
- 網絡少的;勉強的;指給得很少
詞形變化
比較級:niggardlier 最高級:niggardliest 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 吝嗇的;小氣的;不大度的unwilling to be generous with money, time, etc. |
2. | 不值錢的;摳門兒的;小氣的not worth much and given unwillingly |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.
這些流浪漢并不吝嗇,誰手頭有錢都樂于同別人分享。
My beautiful plume is the pride of my birth, but I never use it niggardly.
我絢麗的羽衣是我天生的驕傲,但我從不吝惜使用。
We found your Cotter Pyke to be an uncouth and unpleasant man, quarrelsome and niggardly.
我們發(fā)現(xiàn)你的部下卡特·派克不僅粗魯討厭,動不動就吵架,而且還是個吝嗇鬼。
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel. &countenance.
禮貌、建議與支持,這些不會花費你任何東西,所以,在施于
He was made to be niggardly and reckless.
他既嗜錢如命,又揮金如土。
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, and countenance.
別吝嗇讓你分文不花的東西,諸如禮貌、忠告和鼓勵。
As her land investments grew in amount and number, she became insanely niggardly in personal expenditure.
她的地產投資愈大愈多,她在個人用錢方面就愈是扣斤算兩,拼命節(jié)省。
Giving or spending money grudgingly; niggardly.
吝嗇的給予或花錢吝嗇的;
The PRC government is never niggardly with the most courteous reception to their "old friends" .
在接待老朋友方面,中國政府極度大方,從不吝嗇。
Be just and stern and the Vedas, niggardly, then let him responsible for finance, strict.
而韋陀鐵面無私,錙珠必較,則讓他負責財務,嚴格把關。
forced by hunger, he worked for the most niggardly pay.
為饑餓所迫,他為極少的工資而工作。
Forced by hunger he worked for niggardly pay.
受饑餓所迫,他為極少的工資而工作。
Forcedbyhunger, I worked for niggardly pay.
為饑餓所迫,我為極少的工資而工作。
You might regard the soil as your enemy because it yields reluctantly a niggardly subsistence.
如果你視土地為敵人,因為它吝嗇小氣,僅能飽腹。
He is not niggardly of praise.
他不吝于稱贊。
He is niggardly with his money.
他對錢很吝嗇。
I don't want to seem niggardly.
我不愿讓人家認為我很小氣。
On Criticizing the Chinese Niggardly Culture by Lu Xun
論魯迅對中國儉嗇文化的批判