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单词 ungenerous
释义
ungenerous
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ʌnˈdʒen.ər.əs/
notwillingto givemoney,help,kindness,praise, etc. to otherpeople, or onlywillingto give a little:
吝啬的，不大方的，不慷慨的
an ungenerouswelfarebenefitssystem一个并不宽松的福利制度
It is not being ungeneroustotheteamtosuggestthat it, too, has manyweakpoints.说这个团队也有很多弱点，并非是对团队求全责备。
Opposite
generous
More examples
  • Theaccountpaysan ungenerous 0.5%rateofinterest.
  • Heclearlyhad apassionformusic, so why was he such an ungenerouscritic?
  • There is a saying that arichman who is ungenerous is like atreewithoutfruit.
  • Thearticleattemptstoexplainwhy we have inrecentyearsbecomeso ungenerous tomigrantsandrefugees.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
  • acerbic
  • acerbity
  • acidly
  • anti-cruelty
  • anti-humanitarian
  • cruelty
  • cutthroat
  • fiendish
  • fiendishness
  • hard-hearted
  • nastily
  • nastiness
  • nasty
  • pitiless
  • pitilessly
  • uncharitably
  • unchristian
  • uncompassionate
  • unfeeling
  • ungenerously
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(Definition ofungenerousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofungenerous

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The discussion of freedom is no less full of gaps and problems, and the tendency toungenerouscaricature of opponents again proves irresistible.
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Having per formed a strenuous duty can lead one, in good conscience, to refuse a strenuous supererogator y act-if it is such-without even beingungenerous.
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The range is wide and the compass of a short review permits only anungenerousselectivity.
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As an explanation even of the more imaginative paths that lead from the blank sheet to the occupied building, it is intellectually reductive, humanlyungenerous, and actually untruthful.
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Competitive elections and civil liberties, however, are the price he must pay to build legitimacy in the eyes of possibly violent opponents and potentiallyungenerousforeign donors.
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Mental containment, rather than being construed here as the wise accumulation or safekeeping of mental treasure, is now depicted asungeneroushoarding that carries a risk of social harm.
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That is a mostungenerousway of receiving the announcement of these reductions of salary.
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I cannot help thinking that many of the attacks which have been made upon public assistance committees have been both unjust andungenerous.
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I say that in noungenerousspirit, but because it is always much more difficult to receive than to give.
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He might see my failure to do so asungenerousor ungracious.
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Secondly, he was sorry that it felt that the £10 wasungenerous.
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It is anungenerousattitude that unless on every conceivable occasion the word "fair" is deployed people will act unfairly.
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We are therefore not beingungenerousin that direction either.
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It would be unfair andungenerousif we did not give these joint boards a chance to prove their mettle.
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See whatungenerousgratuities you have given to these men.
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