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...a niggardly supply of hot water.是什么意思？

...a niggardly supply of hot water.

吝啬的热水供应

相关词汇
niggardly supply of hot water

niggardly

adj. 吝啬的，小气的，不大度的，（钱数）不值钱的；
例句
Forced by hunger, he worked for the most niggardly pay.
为饥饿所迫, 他为极少的工资而工作.

supply

vt. 供给，补充，弥补（缺陷、损失等），向…提供（物资等）；n. 供给物，储备物质，粮食；vi. 暂代他人职务；
例句
There is an abundant supply of cheap labour...
廉价劳动力供应充足。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；
例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

hot

adj. 热的，辣的，激动的，热门的；vt. 使兴奋，使激动；adv. 热的，紧迫的；vi. 变热；
例句
...a long, hot and arduous journey...
一段漫长、炎热而又艰苦的旅程

water

n. 水，雨水，海水，海域；v. 给…浇水，供以水，加水稀释，流泪；
例句
...a licence to abstract water from the River Axe...
从阿克斯河中抽水的许可证
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He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake.
他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。
...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋
You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我随后就来。
He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打儿子的,是恨恶他;疼爱儿子的, 趁早管教.
For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
详情请致电414 3925,转分机2253。
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。
Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切尔女男爵的主张在很多人看来是可信的。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收获。
This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。
The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索权当有支付义务的第一方不能支付时，可以向商业票据的背书人要求支付的权力。
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Hundreds of junior civil servants have to be put up in hotel rooms and temporary hostels...
数百名初级文职官员只能被安排到旅馆和临时青年招待所过夜。
The president has accepted a diminution of the powers he originally wanted.
总统已经接受了对自己原本要求的权力进行削减。
...the devolution of power to the regions...
向各地区的权力下放
He wouldn't take his hat off...
他不肯摘下帽子。
Margaret resides with her invalid mother in a London suburb...
玛格丽特同她病弱的母亲住在伦敦郊区。
Nothing about this sum has come to light...
关于这笔钱人们一无所知。
She is back from theatre and her condition is comfortable.
她从手术室出来了，身体状况良好。
He continued throughout to restate his opposition to violence...
他一直不断重申他反对暴力。
Eighteen boats plied the 1,000 miles of river along a trading route...
18艘船沿着贸易航线往返于1,000英里的河面上。
...the economic cleavages between the two regions.
那两个地区之间的经济差距