【常用新聞英文語彙】miserly 在很多地方意思跟stingy 不同


miserly
1. 很省
He is miserly with both his time and his money. 他用錢跟用時間都很省。

2. 很小氣
He left a miserly tip. 他給的小費很小氣。

3. 區區
We were offered a miserly 4% pay rise. 我們只獲得區區4%加薪。
The average return was a miserly 3.8 per cent - investors would have been better off putting their money into a deposit account. 平均回收只有區區3.8percent,投資人把錢放定存還比較好。

4. 吝嗇
She's so miserly that she won't give anything to anyone. 他很吝嗇,甚麼東西都不給人。

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mingy
1. 很小氣
You're mingy to give me such a small piece of cake. 你很小氣,給我這麼一小塊蛋糕。

2. 寒酸
This restaurant serves very mingy portions. 這家餐廳給的量十分寒酸。

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