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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is paltry compared with the$ 80 billion-plus market for conventional cigarettes in the country.
  与该国超过800亿美元的传统香烟市场相比，这个数字是微不足道的。
• Of little value or importance; paltry.
  价值很小的，微不足道的；琐细的。
• 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。