paltry

英 [ˈpɔːltri]

美 [ˈpɔːltri]

adj.  可忽略不计的; 微小的; 微不足道的; 无价值的; 无用的

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18913 / COCA.15789

牛津词典

adj.

• 可忽略不计的；微小的；微不足道的
  too small to be considered as important or useful
  1. This account offers a paltry 1% return on your investment.
     这个账户给你投资的回报仅是微不足道的1%。
  2. a paltry sum
     小得可怜的数额
• 无价值的；无用的
  having no value or useful qualities
  1. a paltry gesture
     没有意义的手势

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (数量)微小的，微不足道的
  Apaltryamount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small.
  1. ...a paltry fine of £50...
     50英镑的小额罚款
  2. They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
     他们在选举中惨败，仅获得微不足道的3个席位。
• ADJ-GRADED 可鄙的；卑贱的；不重要的
  You can usepaltryto describe something or someone that you consider to be small or unimportant.
  1. The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.
     那些家长对家里鸡毛蒜皮的小事没什么兴趣。

英英释义

adj

• contemptibly small in amount
  1. a measly tip
  2. the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
  3. a paltry wage
  4. almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans
  Synonym:measlymiserable
• not worth considering
  1. he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
  2. piffling efforts
  3. a trifling matter
  Synonym:negligibletrifling

双语例句

• He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost; piffling efforts; a trifling matter.
  他总是考虑生活中一些极琐碎事情的开支；微不足道的努力；琐碎的事情。
• What paltry creatures we are!
  人是多么渺小啊！
• AIG would earn a relatively paltry fee for providing this service just 0.02 cents per dollar insured per year.
  AIG从其提供的这项服务中获得相对较少的一部分利润承保的每一美元每年的收益仅0.02美分。
• I'm getting angry; and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours.
  我要生气了，如果你不能振作你那点元气。
• She knew, now, how paltry were the passions exaggerated by art.
  她知道，现在，艺术夸张地表现了情感是有多么地微小！
• The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.
  那位穷画家以微不足迫的数目卖了他的画。
• I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act!
  我想这是多么低劣，多么粗鲁，多么卑鄙的行为！
• But while the dollar amounts may be paltry, Mr Bernanke must grasp that the symbolism is anything but.
  然而，尽管这些储备的美元金额也许微不足道，但伯南克必须明白，其象征意义绝非小可。
• How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods?
  你怎么能故意编造出这么卑鄙的谎话？
• There has been paltry unilateral liberalization beyond China's WTO commitments.
  除了中国加入世贸组织所作的承诺之外，中国几乎没有采取什么单边的自由化措施。