miserly

1. ADJ If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. 吝嗇的; 視財(cái)如命的[表不滿]

He is miserly with both his time and his money. 他對時(shí)間和金錢都非常吝嗇。

2. ADJ If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small. 極少的; 少的可憐的[usu ADJ n] [表不滿]

Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult. 眼下，做一名補(bǔ)助金少得可憐、職業(yè)前景渺茫的學(xué)生可真不容易。