miserly a的意思|示意

That would still represent a miserly 5% or less of total power-generation capacity in India.

这显得有点保守，因为这只是印度总发电量的5%，甚至更少。

The Solution: While I agree that you shouldn’t be a miserly Scrooge and save every penny because it physically hurts you to spend it, going the other extreme is just as bad.

策略：我同意说你不该是个吝啬的守财奴，存下每一分钱，一花钱你就觉得受到伤害，但是走向另一个极端也是不好的。

But as he was a miserly person he thought he would find out what he would have to pay this doctor.

但由于他是一个吝啬的人，他原以为他会找出什么，他便要付出这样的医生。

Sheer necessity had made the poor girl so miserly that Gtandet had come to feel the affection for her a man feels for his dog.

可怜的姑娘因为一无所有，变得吝啬不堪，终于使葛朗台象喜欢一条狗一样的喜欢她。

Mr. Volcker provided a specific (and, dare I say, miserly) quantity of liquidity, letting interest rates go where the market directed — ultimately 20 percent.

沃尔克先生,提供了一个特定的（而且我敢说是吝啬的)数量的流动性,让利率随市场场变化——最终定为20%。

As he was a miserly person. He thought he would find out what he would have to pay his doctor.

但是因为他是一个很吝啬的人，想弄清楚看病究竟该付多少钱再说。