mean-spirited

英 [,mi:n'spiritid] 美
  • adj. 气量小的;心胸狭窄的;卑鄙的

英文词源


mean-spirited (adj.)
also meanspirited, 1690s, from mean (adj.1) + -spirited. Ancient Greek had the same image in mikropsykhos.

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。

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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。

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4. Take a hundred and twenty values and calculate the mean.
取120个值计算平均数。

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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。

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