paltry
英 ['pɔːltrɪ; 'pɒl-]
美['pɔltri]
- adj. 不足取的；无价值的；琐碎的；卑鄙的
词态变化
比较级: paltrier;最高级: paltriest;
助记提示
paltry 发音“破碎”:无价值
中文词源
paltry 微不足道的
来自低地德语palter,破布，布条，来自Proto-Germanic*palto,破布，碎布，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义破布般的，无价值的，微不足道的。
英英释意
- 1. not worth considering;
- "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"
- "piffling efforts"
- "a trifling matter"
- 2. contemptibly small in amount;
- "a measly tip"
- "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"
- "a paltry wage"
- "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
英文词源
- paltry (adj.)
- 1560s, probably an adjectival use of noun paltry "worthless thing" (1550s), associated with dialectal palt, pelt "trash," cognate with Middle Low German and East Frisian palte "rag," Middle Dutch palt "broken or torn fragment." Similar formation in Low German paltrig "rubbishy," East Frisian palterig "ragged, torn."
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- Two - way trade currently amounts to a relatively paltry 10 billion dollars.
- 目前双边贸易总额仅为100亿美元.
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- The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.
- 这个穷画为挣一切微薄的收入出售他的画.
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- As a matter of fact, we mankind are rather paltry sometimes.
- 其实, 我们人类有时候也很渺小.
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- Tsao said ,'such paltry charity cannot reach all, the people will not follow you . "
- 对曰: 小惠 未遍, 民弗从也.
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- Tsao said,'such paltry faith wins no trust , the gods will not bless you . "
- 对曰:小信未孚, 神 弗福 也.
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- Compared with some paltry gains, these prices are unjustified and immoral.
- 与一些微不足道的所得相比, 付出的代价太大,而且是不道德的.
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- Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us?
- 听着, 你们是不是觉得杀几个微不足道的人就吓倒我们了?
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- Judas sold the lord for a paltry sum of money.
- 犹大为了一笔徵不足道的钱出卖了耶稣.
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- He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost.
- 他认为,这个奖项相对于必须为它付出的生命代价而言实在是太微不足道了.
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- So mean, petty paltry as to deserve contempt.
- 他对这件事的影响是微不足道的.
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- Yet the stakes at Time Warner, which had a paltry $ 22 bn in debt, were comparatively low.
- 然而,时代华纳的风险相对较低, 该公司仅有220亿美元的负债.
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