meanness
['mi:nnis]
- n. 卑鄙；吝嗇；劣等
詞態(tài)變化
動詞:?mean;形容詞:?meanly;
英文詞源
- meanness (n.)
- 1550s, "weakness," from mean (adj.) + -ness. Sense of "baseness, poverty" is from 1650s; that of "stinginess" from 1755.
雙語例句
- 1. This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.
- 這種對待金錢的過分謹慎的態(tài)度有時幾近于吝嗇。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Whatever faults he may have, meanness is not one of them.
- 不管他有什么缺點,可他沒有吝嗇這一缺點.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. He is above meanness and deceit.
- 他不至于搞卑鄙和欺騙行為.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. They gave him a dig about his meanness.
- 他們在挖苦他吝嗇.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The meanness of anonymity gave a shuddering obscenity to the moment.
- 這種匿名的卑鄙行為使他一時覺得下流得讓人吃不消.
來自辭典例句