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

• I also learned how to make a red date paltry.
  我也学到了怎么做枣泥酥。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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！
• What paltry creatures we are!
  人是多么渺小啊！
• Though expensive to maintain, such considerations were paltry to someone as wealthy as the head of Black Sun.
  虽然它的维护很昂贵，但这点问题对黑日首脑这么富有的人根本就是小菜一碟。
• Keep the money in the bank and the returns could be paltry and the capital eroded by inflation.
  把钱存在银行，那点儿利息微不足道而且通货膨胀让资产缩水。
• They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
  他们明白他们正处于一场零和博弈中，双方必须针锋相对，争夺那少得可怜的资源。
• 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。