paltry是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

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

变形：

比较级：paltrier  最高级：paltriest  

完整释义：

adj.

1.不足取的,没有价值的;微不足道的;渺小的
2.吝啬的;可鄙的
3.没价值的;可鄙的

例句：

1. 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。

2. Compared with its level of activity in the country, the bank's tax bill looks paltry.
   与其在英国的经营活动水平相比，这家银行的税单看起来微不足道。

3. These paltry and essential belongings, these relative truths are the only ones to stir me.
   这些细微却紧要的财产，这些与之关联的真实，才是唯一让我激动之物。

4. I do not believe that Baal and Tyrael have come to fight over a paltry few souls. They are here to settle a conflict as old as time itself.
   我不相信巴尔和泰瑞尔只是为了这些渺小的灵魂而在这边奋战不休，他们来此是为了和以前一样，解决一些未了的纷争。

5. To poor countries, this sounds paltry: responses range from "bribery" to "it will not even pay for the coffins" .
   发展中国家的反应从“贿赂”到“甚至都不够买棺材的”，不胜枚举。

6. I go now to summon the lord whose house this is. Should you seek an audience with him, your paltry lives will surely be forfeit.
   我将召唤这里真正的主人，让你们直接面对他无尽的愤怒，你们渺小的生命即将完结。

7. what is bright are not necessarily great and the works of those who depict the dark are not necessarily paltry.
   歌颂光明者其作品未必伟大，刻画黑暗者其作品未必渺小。

8. 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。