Miserly

(a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

卡梅拉整理

• But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He is the son of a miserly oligarch, and has been taught by him to restrain the love of unnecessary pleasures. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on, with a miserly relish of Estella's moods, whatever they were. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Any book that seemed to promise a chance of miserly biography, Mr Boffin purchased without a moment's delay and carried home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Miserly too, my dear; which is far the most unpromising for us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A gloomy house the Bower, with sordid signs on it of having been, through its long existence as Harmony Jail, in miserly holding. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Is not this the way--he is the son of the miserly and oligarchical father who has trained him in his own habits? 柏拉图. 理想国.

校对:威尔默