miserly
/'maizәli/
📖 中文释义
- a. 吝啬的, 贪婪的
💬 双语例句
Tom is miserly.
汤姆很小气。
Farther to the west, US economic performance is weakening, with first-quarter growth a miserly 1.9% – well below potential. And job creation faltered in April and May, so the US may reach stall speed by year end.
在更远的西方,美国经济表现也在萎靡,一季度增长率只有区区1.9 % , 远低于潜在增长率。 此外,4月和5月就业增长不振,因此美国可能会在年底陷入停滞。 更糟糕的是,明年发生二次探底的风险正在增加:即使看起来令人悚然的美国财政悬崖最终只是次要的拖累因素,税收的增加和转移支付的减少也将削弱可支配收入和消费的增长。
Real (inflation-adjusted) GDP per capita is lower in most of the North Atlantic than it was in 2007; in Greece, the economy has shrunk by an estimated 23%. Germany, the top-performing European country, has recorded miserly 0.7% average annual growth over the last six years.
大部分北大西洋国家的实际(经通胀调整的)GDP低于2007年;在希腊,经济收缩幅度估计达到了23 % 。 表现最出色的欧洲国家德国在过去六年里年均增长率也只有0.7 % 。 美国经济规模仍比增长延续危机前温和水平的情形小15 % 。
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📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- s (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity