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

• Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
  干酪和咸肉，千万别吃够。
• Sweeten dishes sparingly with honey, or concentrated apple or pear juice.
  加一点蜂蜜或浓缩苹果汁或梨汁，让菜带点甜味。
• Use the milk sparingly, there's not much left.
  少用些牛奶，剩下的不多了。
• This expensive spice was used only sparingly in cooking.
  这种价格不菲的调味品仅是用来烹调时节省地使用。
• 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。
• 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。
• Furthermore, use your fonts consistently and sparingly.
  此外，一致地而且保守地使用你的字型。
• Do not use the underscore, and use abbreviations sparingly, because abbreviations can cause confusion.
  不要使用下划线，不要过多使用缩写，因为缩写会引起混淆。
• Actually, we use them sparingly.
  实际上，我们很有节制地使用他们。