sparingly

英 ['speərɪŋli]

美 ['sperɪŋli]

adv.  很少; 细嚼慢咽地; 节俭地

TOEFLTEM8

BNC.18495 / COCA.17358

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 节约的;俭省的
  Someone who issparing withsomething uses it or gives it only in very small quantities.
  1. I've not been sparing with the garlic...
     我总是用很多大蒜。
  2. Her sparing use of make-up only seemed to enhance her classically beautiful features...
     一点淡妆反而增添了她五官的古典韵味。
  3. Only a sparing amount is needed.
     只需要很少的一点。

英英释义

adv

• to a meager degree or in a meager manner
  1. these voices are meagerly represented at the conference
  2. the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources
  Synonym:meagerlyslenderlymeagrely

双语例句

• Currants used to be cheap fruit, but cooks use them sparingly at current prices.
  葡萄干曾经是便宜的水果，但是由于当前的价格，厨师们少量地使用它们。
• Use the milk sparingly, there's not much left.
  少用些牛奶，剩下的不多了。
• So use global element declarations sparingly.
  因此使用全局元素声明必须谨慎。
• Planning permission is handed out sparingly.
  建筑许可证的发放是很谨慎的。
• Use blocking calls sparingly and only for initialization, especially when writing network services where performance matters.
  只在初始化时使用少量的阻塞调用，尤其是在编写注重性能的网络服务时。
• Of course, we do use e-mail, but relatively sparingly.
  我们当然使用电邮，但相对较少。
• Like all language tools, you should use it sparingly and only when appropriate.
  像所有的语言工具，你应该谨慎地使用它，只有在适当的时候。
• It is sparingly soluble in water, less soluble in ethanol and cyclohexane, insoluble in fats and fat soluents.
  它少量溶于水，较小溶于乙醇和环已烷，不溶于脂肪和脂肪剂。
• She reserves the use of 'why' for Root Cause Analysis – which she uses sparingly.
  她在“根本原因分析”的时候会保留使用这个“为什么”这个词语，但她也尽量少用。
• Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
  干酪和咸肉，千万别吃够。