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598 mean (adj.)
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mean用作形容词时主要表示:
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对人不好(可有各种不同译法):
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It was mean of you to take all the oranges.你把橘子全拿走了,太不像话了。
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How could anyone be so mean?谁会这样缺德?
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That was a mean remark.这是一句刻薄的话。
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You are meaner than I thought you.你比我想的还恶劣。
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He’s mean—he likes to see people suffer.他很残酷无情,他喜欢看到别人受苦。
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She apologized for having been mean to me.她因对我不好向我表示歉意。
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He’s a mean man.他是一个自私的人。
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小气,吝啬:
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Her husband is so mean about money.她的丈夫对钱是很吝啬的。
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She’s too mean to make a donation.她很小气,一点儿钱也不捐。
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Don’t be mean with the tips.给小费不要太小气。
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△这类表示不愿花钱的词很多,如:
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economical 节约的 frugal 节省的 miserly 吝啬的 parsimonious 小气的 penny-pinching 不肯花钱的 stingy 吝啬的 thrifty 节省的 tight (-fisted) 不爱花钱的,小气的 其中economical和frugal是中性词:
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He was industrious and economical.他很勤劳节约。
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She was a frugal housekeeper.她是一个善于节省的管家。
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thrifty还有赞赏的意思:
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She is a very thrifty housewife.她是一个勤俭持家的家庭主妇。
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其他词大都带有贬义:
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That stingy man won’t contribute a cent.那个吝啬的人一分钱也不肯捐。
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She is so miserly that she won’t give anything to anyone.她是那样吝啬,她不会给任何人任何东西。
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He’s tight with his money.他很不爱花钱。
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He’s too tight-fisted to give his wife a birthday present.他小气得连给他妻子送份生日礼物都不肯。
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