mean-spirited

Don't take what they say seriously British people are famous for being gentle and polite, but they do sometimes offend you with some tongue-in-cheek comments. Don't get them wrong. These are not mean-spirited statements but rather a playful exchange of verbal sparring delivered with a smiling face and no apology.

英国人以绅士礼貌而著称，但他们有时也会用一些‘虚情假意’的话来‘攻击’你，不要当真，他们其实并没有恶意，只不过是笑着说出一些开玩笑的俏皮话，说完也不道歉而已。

Broadly, the newly independent Angolans, too, did not lament the departure of the Portuguese, who were notorious as among the more repressive and mean-spirited colonists.

刚刚获得独立的安哥拉人基本上也没有为葡萄牙人的离去感到悲伤，因为葡萄牙人臭名昭著，被列为最残暴卑劣的殖民者。

There was talk of "Hope" and "change", uplifting sentiments that had not much figured in what was a hardscrabble and mean-spirited campaign.

他还谈到了“希望”和“变革”，激起一种振奋人心的情绪，而这种情绪在乏善可陈、死气沉沉的竞选活动中不曾出现。