paltry
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ADJ-GRADED (数量)微小的，微不足道的
A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small....a paltry fine of £50...
50英镑的小额罚款
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ADJ-GRADED 可鄙的；卑贱的；不重要的
You can use paltry to describe something or someone that you consider to be small or unimportant.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。
adj
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- 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
- Synonym: measly miserable
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- not worth considering
- he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
- piffling efforts
- a trifling matter
- Synonym: negligible trifling
数据来源：WordNet
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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%。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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My paltry efforts are not worth mentioning .
区区微劳，不足挂齿。
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I also learned how to make a red date paltry .
我也学到了怎么做枣泥酥。
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It has returned a relatively paltry 11 per cent this year .
该指数今年的回报率只有区区11%。
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The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one .
他们的兵力不过三倍于我们
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Of little value or importance ; paltry .
价值很小的，微不足道的；琐细的。
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I suspect paltry pay was a big factor too .
不过，我猜太过微薄的薪水也是一大理由吧。
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Many were dissatisfied with the paltry interest rates banks were offering .
很多人对银行微不足道的利率不满意。
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Yet that is a paltry sum compared to the money flowing into traditional energy production .
但与传统能源生产投资相比，这只是一笔很小的数目。
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The deal cost him a paltry $ 100 .
这笔买卖花了他区区100英镑。
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His influence on this matter is paltry .
他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。
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He 'll be happy to get a paltry bonus .
他会很高兴地接受一份微薄的奖金。
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Battery life between two and three hours on standby & and a paltry one hour while in use .
待机时，电池续航时间为2~3小时，使用时只有屈屈1小时。
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The company offered Jeremy a paltry sum which he refused .
公司提出给杰里米一笔微不足道的款子，被他拒绝了。
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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！
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You 're surely not going to go to court for such a paltry sum ?
就这么点钱，你肯定不会去上诉吧？
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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。
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Real spending grew by a paltry 2.2 % .
实际的增长量仅为微小的2.2%。
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President Bush signed an emergency economic stimulus of a now paltry 168 billion dollars .
布什总统签署了1680万美元的紧急经济援助计划，对现在来说微不足道。
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A paltry amount , sum , etc.
微不足道的数量、金额等。
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Jing-Jin-Ji in China laughs in the face of such paltry numbers .
面对这样微不足道的数字，京津冀笑了。
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Maybe you 'd like to use your paltry savings to move to Mumbai to seek a better future ;
也许你愿意用你可怜的积蓄搬到孟买生活，到那里去寻找更好得未来。
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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。
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Back then , most investors were reluctant to buy these instruments since they paid only a paltry return .
当时，多数投资者不愿意购买这些金融工具，因为它们收益微薄。
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paltry The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money .
adj.无价值的；微不足道的那位穷画家以微不足道的数目卖了他的画。
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Even if these initiatives deliver a paltry 5 % return , Fred will still make a bundle .
即使这些投资只能取得微不足道的5%的收益率，无用先生仍然有大笔金钱进账。
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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。