Word · Frequency #21894
meanness
吝啬
extreme stinginess
- 1.
The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)
卑劣、吝啬、刻薄等的状态或品质。
- 2.
A mean act.
卑劣(或吝啬、刻薄)的行为。
卑劣、吝啬、刻薄等的状态或品质。；卑劣(或吝啬、刻薄)的行为。；吝啬；卑鄙；劣等
In use
Her meanness was obvious when she asked each guest to bring their own food to the party.
The landlord's meanness in refusing to fix the broken window annoyed every tenant.
His friends joked about his meanness because he never paid for coffee.
the meanness of sth
meanness 在表示“吝啬、小气”时，常与 of 连用，说明某物量少或价值低。
The meanness of the tip surprised the waiter.
小费之少让服务员感到惊讶。
meanness towards sb
meanness 也可指“刻薄、卑鄙”，后接 towards/to sb，表示对某人不友善。
His meanness towards his classmates won him no friends.
他对同学的刻薄让他交不到朋友。
out of meanness
out of meanness 意为“出于吝啬”，说明行为动机，out of 后接名词。
Connections
Collocations
- sheer meanness
- 纯粹的吝啬
- Refusing to tip the waiter was sheer meanness.拒绝给服务员小费纯粹是吝啬。
- meanness with money
- 在花钱上的吝啬
- His meanness with money annoyed everyone in the office.他在花钱上的吝啬让办公室里的每个人都很恼火。
- out of meanness
- 出于吝啬
- He didn't lend me a dollar out of meanness.他连一美元都不肯借给我，纯粹是出于吝啬。
- an act of meanness
- 吝啬之举
- Charging her for a glass of water was an act of meanness.连一杯水都要向她收费，真是吝啬之举。
Synonyms
- stinginess
- 吝啬；小气 · 最直接的同义词，可互换使用；语气中性。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆开记：mean（吝啬的）+ ness（名词后缀），吝啬鬼的“本质”就是 meanness。mean 也含“卑鄙”，同源联想。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、一般书面叙述 该词表示“极度吝啬”时通常用于中性或略带批评的语境，多出现在日常口语和一般书面语中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
greenness、keenness、cleanness、leanness 与 meanness 押韵，均以 /iːnnɪs/ 结尾。注意 menace 拼写相似，但读作 /ˈmenɪs/，与 meanness 不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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