paltry

单词paltry

基本解释

adj.: 可忽略不计的；微小的；微不足道的；无价值的
网络: 不足取的；琐碎的；吝啬的

权威解释

• 可忽略不计的；微小的；微不足道的:

  too small to be considered as important or useful

• 无价值的；无用的:

  having no value or useful qualities

英汉解释

• 没价值的;可鄙的

• 吝啬的;可鄙的

• 不足取的,没有价值的;微不足道的;渺小的

词性分析

• 比较级：paltrier

• 最高级：paltriest

同义词

adj.worthlessmeaslytrivialtriflingmiserable

反义词

adj.substantial

例句

• There are lots and lots of cabmen as you know, hay is dear, and folks are paltry nowadays and always contriving to go by tram.

  赶马车的，您知道，多得数不清，草料还挺贵，坐车的又小器，老是打算去坐公共马车。

• It was inexplicable that she had been subject to a man so paltry in mind, so despicable in character.

  她居然一直屈从于一个灵魂如此低贱，性格如此平庸的男人，实在令人费解。

• It is paltry consolation that such a strike, taking out a city or two, would not cause the devastation of a nuclear war between superpowers.

  一个微不足道的安慰就是这样的袭击，能毁灭一两个城市，但不会引起超级大国之间的核战争的大毁灭。

• 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。

• Analysts say the increase in demand looks especially paltry considering that prices at the pump are down more than $1 from a year ago.

  分析师们认为，考虑到加油站的价格较上年同期下降了逾1美元，需求的增加就更显得微不足道了。

• Even if high-speed rail were to double the number of riders, its market share would be paltry compared to air travel.

  即便高铁将之翻倍，其市场份额将空中旅行相比微不足道。

• And yet the categories of journalism and the stereotypes of normal conversation are paltry when it comes to predicting a life course.

  但是，各类新闻媒体和刻板的普通闲谈在预测人们的生活轨迹时，都显得那么微不足道。

• The United States spends far more on education than any other nation, with paltry results.

  美国在教育方面的投资比任何其他国家都高，而结果甚微。

• The bully may enjoy his ill-gotten gains for a few paltry years in this world, but he will suffer tenfold in the next.

  暴徒在有生之年可以享受其掠夺的成果，但在来世将遭受到十倍的痛苦。

• As China Unicom"s head man in Europe, Mr So was paid a paltry Chinese salary plus a small cost-of-living allowance.

  做为中国联通在欧洲分部的头儿，苏先生靠着微薄的工资和只够生活基本费用的津贴过日子。