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

• His meanness has become something of a standing joke.
  他的小气已成了经常引人发笑的笑料。
• The meanness of anonymity gave a shuddering obscenity to the moment.
  这种匿名的卑鄙行为使他一时觉得下流得让人吃不消。
• 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。
• The sense of meanness died in jon.
  乔恩的自咎感消失了。
• Scarlett, it was n't altogether meanness that kept me from giving you the money you wanted.
  思嘉，你上次向我借钱时，我没有给你，那可并不完全是小气呀。
• In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
  他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。
• He stooped to such meanness.
  他堕落得这般卑鄙。
• 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。
• 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。
• I tried to find the root cause of this meanness in me.
  我力图找出我这种卑鄙性格的根本原因。