| 词汇 | meanly |
| 释义 | meanly adverb uk /ˈmiːn.li/ us /ˈmiːn.li/ meanlyadverb (UNKINDLY)in a way that is unkind towards other people: （对人）不善的，不友好的 He was basically a decent kid who had acted meanly on this one occasion.他基本上是个好孩子，就是这次表现得不友善。 Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly mordant trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian meanlyadverb (NOT GENEROUSLY)UK in a way that shows that you are not willing to give or share things, especially money吝啬地，小器地 Mean with money begrudge cheapskate cheeseparing chintzy frugal frugally miserliness miserly money grabber money-grubber money-grubbing parsimonious pinchpenny scrooge skinflint stingily stinginess tight ungenerous ungenerously Examples of meanlymeanly We seem in this country to have an almost invariable habit of treating our ex-overseas civil servants about as meanly as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The naval officer is certainly being very shabbily and meanly treated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In most cases the district nurse is treated very meanly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a nation, we treat our artists and creative writers meanly and at times disgracefully. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I doubt if ever any party strutted more boastfully into the handling of a great problem or tried more meanly to sneak out of their responsibilities afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If those involved in industrial disputes are to be placed in a separate category from the unemployed, whom we have already treated meanly, that issue must arise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think so meanly of the workers that they will not work because they know part of their wages is going to be taken in taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I really do not think so meanly of our people that employers will not do their best unless they have the incentive of some large added profits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Above all, just because there is a bit of roughage in the rich diet our artists have given us in recent years, do not let us meanly cavil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All serious speeches are treated rather meanly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His talents, were not meanly cultivated by letters; he could tell a good book from a bad one, which few modern librarians can do. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He appears to see them as closer friends than they see him but neither of them treat him meanly either. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The others scold him meanly for this, causing him to run away. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was often meanly suspicious, and life had encouraged him to be ever mindful of his welfare and that of the large family dependent on him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Your talents would be miserably applied meanly rewarded. See all examples of meanly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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