mean-spirited
英 [,mi:n'spiritid]
美
- adj. 气量小的；心胸狭窄的；卑鄙的
实用场景例句
- That'sa mean-spirited thing for a mother to say.
- 作为一位母亲，说那样的话太刻薄了。
柯林斯例句
- Sometimes they can be cantankerous, mean - spirited, unkind, and sometimes downright cruel.
- 有时候,他们可能脾气古怪, 心胸狭窄, 不友善, 有时简直是残酷的.
互联网
- Instant gratification is important to this impatient and mean - spirited female.
- 对这个毛毛糙糙、品质低劣的女性而言,立竿见影的收益才是重要的.
互联网
- In fact, he was considered a terrible grouch, a very mean - spirited and temperamental person.
- 事实上, 他是个有名的脾气坏 、 心胸狭窄、喜怒无常的人.
互联网
- But unveiling Chien - Ming Wang for the closing act of this crosstown rivalry was downright mean - spirited.
- 但是让小王,这位这麽接近队上王牌的投手,出场对付来自同个城市的竞争队伍,未免也太卑鄙了.
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双语例句
- 1. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
- 当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。
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- 2. "What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.
- “你什么意思啊？”我问，替利迪感到愤愤不平。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells.
- 这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Take a hundred and twenty values and calculate the mean.
- 取120个值计算平均数。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying.
- 但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- mean-spirited (adj.)
- also meanspirited, 1690s, from mean (adj.1) + -spirited. Ancient Greek had the same image in mikropsykhos.