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

• He is above meanness and deceit.
  他不屑于做卑鄙和欺骗的事情。
• His stupidity is rivalled only by his meanness.
  只有他的吝啬可以与他的愚蠢相配。
• This in no sense is due to meanness.
  这绝不是出于吝啬。
• The sense of meanness died in jon.
  乔恩的自咎感消失了。
• 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。
• Joe told me that there was a great deal; of meanness in politics, which was crying stinking fish, because he is a politician himself.
  乔对我说，政坛上有许多卑鄙的勾当。他这么说可真是往自己脸上抹黑，因为他本人就是个政客。
• This man is very mean and famous for his meanness.
  这人很吝啬，也因吝啬而出名。
• He never descends to such meanness.
  他决不干那种卑鄙事。
• That's a typical illustration of his meanness.
  那是说明他为人卑鄙的典型例子。
• For at best their victory never dawns on the shining new world they had dreamed of, cleansed of all human meanness.
  因为胜利的曙光无论如何也不会照耀在他们梦想中的那个摆脱了人类一切卑劣的灿烂的新世界上。