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单词 meanness
释义
meanness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmiːn.nəs/us
/ˈmiːn.nəs/

meannessnoun[U](WITH MONEY)

thequalityof beingunwillingto give orsharethings,especiallymoney
吝啬，小器
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mean with money
  • begrudge
  • cheapskate
  • cheeseparing
  • chintzy
  • frugal
  • frugally
  • miser
  • miserliness
  • miserly
  • money grabber
  • money-grubber
  • money-grubbing
  • penny-pinching
  • scrooge
  • skinflint
  • stinginess
  • stingy
  • tight
  • ungenerous
  • ungenerously
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meannessnoun[U](UNKINDNESS)

thequalityof beingunkindtowards otherpeople:
（对人）不善，不友好
Heactedout ofsheermeanness.他此举非常不善。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
  • acerbic
  • acerbity
  • acidly
  • anti-cruelty
  • anti-humanitarian
  • cruelty
  • cutthroat
  • fiendish
  • fiendishness
  • hard-hearted
  • nastiness
  • nasty
  • pitiless
  • pitilessly
  • pitilessness
  • unchristian
  • uncompassionate
  • unfeeling
  • ungenerous
  • ungenerously
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(Definition ofmeannessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeanness

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There have been cuts of financialmeannessand attitudinal changes towards overseas students, technical aid and transfers.
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There is a great deal ofmeannessin these matters.
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I do not say that out ofmeanness.
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We believe that much more should be done for children because ourmeannessto children is the main cause of family poverty.
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In the whole context of spending, it is a pettymeannessthat will hit the poorest and most disadvantaged.
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The background is not one of tightening financial constraint or ofmeanness; it is a response to the problems of recession.
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I hope that there will be no mistakenmeannesson the question of popularising the election.
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What a piece ofmeannessit is to apply that to that country of all countries with its present level of unemployment.
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I am glad that sort ofmeannessof attitude will cease to exist when this proposal is put into effect.
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I think that is the height, the depth, the breadth, and the length ofmeanness.
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Is that not an act ofmeannessby his party, aimed at our party?
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The authorities there ought to feel ashamed of themeannessand the cruelty of the course of action which they pursued.
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Why does she show such enthusiasm for this measure of combined stupidity andmeanness?
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One particularly irritatingmeannessin the proposed allocation of seats is that when the proportions of increase are taken, there is a fractional difference.
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I must condemn the extraordinarymeannessof the treatment of old-age pensioners.
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