Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.

眼下，做一名补助金少得可怜、职业前景渺茫的学生可真不容易。

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Mr. Volcker provided a specific (and, dare I say, miserly) quantity of liquidity, letting interest rates go where the market directed — ultimately 20 percent.

沃尔克先生,提供了一个特定的（而且我敢说是吝啬的)数量的流动性,让利率随市场场变化——最终定为20%。

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If it's miserly to count one's blessings, Brewster Ashenden's a miser.

如果对自己所有念念不忘是一种吝啬，那么，我，布鲁斯特·阿什旦是一个吝啬鬼。

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What do a miserly duck, a 370-year-old vampire, and a Jazz-age racketeer have in common?

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Even before the recession GDP was barely crawling along, with growth averaging a miserly 0.7% a year over the past decade (see chart).

ECONOMIST: Chronically weak growth is Portugal��s gravest problem

Rangers had been accused of playing "anti-football" during a miserly run to the final built on a solid defensive foundation.

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