derisory

英 [dɪˈraɪsəri]

美 [dɪˈraɪsəri]

adj.  少得可笑的; 少得可怜的; 不屑一顾的

BNC.20149 / COCA.40457

牛津词典

adj.

• 少得可笑的；少得可怜的；不屑一顾的
  too small or of too little value to be considered seriously
• 少得可笑的；少得可怜的；不屑一顾的
  too small or of too little value to be considered seriously

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的;少得可怜的
  If you describe something such as an amount of money asderisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
  1. She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money...
     在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。
  2. Were the contracts that were offered to the players as derisory as we have been led to believe?
     合同里给球员开出的薪水真如想要我们相信的那样低得可笑吗？
• ADJ-GRADED 同 derisive
  Derisorymeans the same asderisive.
  1. ...derisory remarks about the police.
     嘲弄警察的话

英英释义

adj

• incongruous
  1. the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
  2. that's a cockeyed idea
  3. ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
  4. a contribution so small as to be laughable
  5. it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
  6. a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
  7. her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
  Synonym:absurdcockeyedidioticlaughableludicrousnonsensicalpreposterousridiculous

双语例句

• She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money
  在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。
• All the while, Chinese households are earning derisory income on their savings, and in rural, inland areas poverty remains widespread.
  与此同时，中国家庭的储蓄只能获得一点可笑的收益，而在内陆的农村地区，贫困现象仍很普遍。
• Similarly, electronics retailers sell brown goods at derisory margins, but obtain juicy profits from expensive insurance policies they sell on top.
  同样，电子产品零售商销售黑色家电的利润低得惊人，但从额外销售的昂贵保单上录得不菲利润。
• Her bid was dismissed as a derisory offer from a low-growth conglomerate.
  她的报价遭到拒绝，因为这是来自一家低增长集团的荒谬报价。
• They work very hard but they only earn a derisory amount.
  他们工作很勤奋，但只挣微不足道的一点钱。
• He was paid what he considered to be a derisory sum.
  他得到了他认为是少得可笑的一笔工资。
• They did what they could with the derisory forces available.
  他们以少得可笑的可用兵力尽了他们最大的努力。
• The 0.02 per cent return on a typical fixed-term deposit was so derisory that the annual payment on even substantial lifetime savings might come to a mere few hundred yen.
  标准定期存款0.02%的回报率极其可笑，哪怕是可观的终身储蓄，每年的回报可能也只有几百日元。
• Few non-Japanese investors own yen cash or bonds, and central bank holdings are similarly derisory.
  很少有外国投资者持有日元现金或债券，各国央行的持有量也同样少得可怜。
• I was paid the derisory sum of$ 20.
  他们仅付给我20美元。