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

• That's a typical illustration of his meanness.
  那是说明他为人卑鄙的典型例子。
• He stooped to such meanness.
  他堕落得这般卑鄙。
• His stupidity is rivalled only by his meanness.
  只有他的吝啬可以与他的愚蠢相配。
• 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。
• This man is very mean and famous for his meanness.
  这人很吝啬，也因吝啬而出名。
• But in French culture it symbolizes meanness, war, and evil women.
  而在法国文化中，它却代表着卑鄙、战争和恶妇。
• 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。
• Caring and amazingly supportive, they didn't want other people's meanness to drive me into isolation.
  父母对我关怀备至，给了我极大的支持，他们不想让别人的冷漠使我陷于孤独。
• 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。
• What revolted him most was such meanness.
  最使他反感的是这种卑劣行径。