puny

• adj. 弱小的；微不足道的；微小的

来自古法语puisne,最小的，最后出生的，来自puis,以后，在后，来自拉丁语post,在后。-ne,出生，词源同natal.引申词义小的，弱的，劣质的，孱弱的。

1. inferior in strength or significance;

"a puny physique"

"puny excuses"

2. (used especially of persons) of inferior size

puny

puny: [16] Etymologically, puny means ‘born later’. It was borrowed from Old French puisne, a compound adjective formed from puis ‘afterwards’ and ne ‘born’ (a relative of English native, nature, etc). This signified ‘junior’, in which sense it was originally acquired by English as puisne. This spelling survives (albeit pronounced the same as puny) as a term denoting a judge of junior rank, and the anglicized orthography has since the 18th century been reserved to ‘feeble, small’.
=> nation, native, nature

puny (adj.)

1570s, "inferior in rank" (1540s as a noun, "junior pupil, freshman"), from Middle French puisné (Modern French puîné), from Old French puisne "born later, younger, youngest" (12c., contrasted with aisné "first-born"), from puis nez, from puis "afterward" (from Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea "after this, hereafter," from post "after," see post-, + ea "there") + Old French né "born," from Latin natus, past participle of nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Sense of "small, weak, insignificant" first recorded 1590s. Compare puisne. Related: Puniness.

The lamb was a puny little thing.

羊羔瘦小孱弱。

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They laughed at my puny efforts.

他们嘲笑我微不足道的努力。

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...a puny, bespectacled youth...

戴眼镜的瘦弱青年

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The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny.

中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。

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What a puny little creature!

多么瘦小哇!

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Antonio was a puny lad, and not strong enough to work.

安东尼奥是个瘦小的小家伙, 身体还不壮,还不能干活.

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That's the way with you whining , puny, pitiful players.

你们这种又爱哭 、 又软弱 、 又可怜的赌棍就是这样.

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The men had huge bulging heads and puny bodies.

这些人有一颗硕大的头颅和瘦小的身子.

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Have grandiose aims but puny abilities, great ambition but little talent.

眼高手低, 志大才疏.

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Puny though he looked, he was as brave as a lion.

虽然他看上去弱小, 但却十分勇敢.

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The People of the Sun acknowledge your puny gift. That is all.

太阳的人民接受你们渺小的献礼了, 就是这样罗.

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Alien 2 : I hate these puny undersized planets.

外星人 2: 我讨厌这些小不点的星球.

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Ordinary cosmic rays are puny things.

普通的太空射线都是微不足道的东西.

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If he had been small or puny or sickly or misshapen he would've been discarded.

如果他很瘦小或者羸弱或者多病或者畸形,他就会被丢弃.

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And twenty of these puny lies I'll tell.

这种毫无价值的瞎话要多少我都可以造出来.

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Puny and sorry as those lives were, they much resembled his own.

它们的生命是那样渺小,那样可怜, 和他自己的非常相似.

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Alien 2 : I hate these puny undersized planets. The gravity is so different.

外星人 2: 我讨厌这些小不点的星球. 重力是那么不一样.

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Once there was a puny little concert violinist named Rudolf, who lived in Sweden.

从前在瑞典,有一身材瘦弱矮小的小提琴手, 名叫鲁道夫.

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Phantom: You puny pathetic thing! I'll step on you like an ant!

幻影: 你这微不足道的可怜虫! 我要像踩死一只蚂蚁那样干掉你!

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The General spurting text such as: " Your puny weapons can't penetrate my shield! "

塔鲁格说出以下文本: “ 你那笨拙的武器无法穿刺我的盾牌! ”

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Here the middle class is often puny or distorted.

那些国家的中产阶级通常微不足道且受到曲解.

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The skyscraper dwarfs the surrounding buildings. By comparison to it, they seem puny.

这摩天大楼使周围的建筑物相形见拙, 比较之下它们显得微不足道.

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Come now, no reason to blow a circuit over the destruction of this puny planet.

来把, 在这弱小的星球毁灭时才想著环绕这里,是无意义的.

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Some doctors are pretty puny characters.

医生中也不乏庸庸碌碌之辈.

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Don't pit your puny wit against my massive intelligence.

不要拿你的小聪明来对付我高深的智慧.

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Don't just stick a puny little ad square in a remote corner somewhere.

不要只贴小广告平方米微不足道的一个偏远的角落某处.

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You are a mere puny mortal , and I care nothing for you.

玩家在游戏中是渺小的, 我漠不关心.

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