meanness

英

美

n.  下贱卑劣卑鄙；粗野；劣等无价值；无聊；吝啬小气

复数：meannesses　

BNC.21894 / COCA.19328

英英释义

noun

• extreme stinginess
  Synonym:minginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimonyparsimoniousnesstightnesstightfistednesscloseness
• the quality of being deliberately mean
  Synonym:beastliness

双语例句

• In my case, I'm not so concerned about neatness, but I won't tolerate meanness, lying, or anything violent or dangerous.
  对我来说，我不太关注整洁，但我不能容忍刻薄、撒谎、以及任何暴力和危险的事。
• It explains most happiness and unhappiness, most success and failure, most greatness and meanness in life.
  它解释了人们生活中的大部分幸福和不幸，大部分成功和失败，以及大部分高尚和卑劣。
• Therefore, in a spirit of meanness, rancour, cynicism and misanthropy, let us revive an old tradition by wondering if there is sometimes a little more to philanthropy than compassion and benevolence.
  这样吧，让我们以一种自私吝啬、充满敌意、玩世不恭和愤世嫉俗的精神，重拾一个古老的传统，想想是否慈善事业有时不仅仅与热情和仁爱有关。
• This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.
  这个在现实生活和精神生活中同样艰难的规则，诠释着整个伟大和渺小的区别。
• In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
  他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。
• The wind really meanness, and my mouth close dry.
  这风真鄙陋，把我的嘴都亲干了。
• She had seen enough of her pride, her meanness.
  她看够了费拉尔斯太太的骄傲、平庸。
• He never descends to such meanness.
  他决不干那种卑鄙事。
• He watches every penny he spends, which gives him a reputation for meanness.
  他每花一分钟都要考虑再三，这使他获得吝啬的名声。
• This in no sense is due to meanness.
  这绝不是出于吝啬。