paltry是什麼意思_音標_用法_例句

簡單釋義：

adj. 可忽略不計的；微小的；微不足道的；無價值的

網絡 不足取的；瑣碎的；吝嗇的

變形：

比較級：paltrier  最高級：paltriest  

完整釋義：

adj.

1.不足取的,沒有價值的;微不足道的;渺小的
2.吝嗇的;可鄙的
3.沒價值的;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.
   做為中國聯通在歐洲分部的頭兒，蘇先生靠着微薄的工資和只夠生活基本費用的津貼過日子。

2. Compared with its level of activity in the country, the bank's tax bill looks paltry.
   與其在英國的經營活動水平相比，這家銀行的稅單看起來微不足道。

3. These paltry and essential belongings, these relative truths are the only ones to stir me.
   這些細微卻緊要的財產，這些與之關聯的真實，才是唯一讓我激動之物。

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.
   我不相信巴爾和泰瑞爾只是為了這些渺小的靈魂而在這邊奮戰不休，他們來此是為了和以前一樣，解決一些未了的紛爭。

5. To poor countries, this sounds paltry: responses range from "bribery" to "it will not even pay for the coffins" .
   發展中國家的反應從“賄賂”到“甚至都不夠買棺材的”，不勝枚舉。

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.
   我將召喚這裡真正的主人，讓你們直接面對他無盡的憤怒，你們渺小的生命即將完結。

7. what is bright are not necessarily great and the works of those who depict the dark are not necessarily paltry.
   歌頌光明者其作品未必偉大，刻畫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.
   即便高鐵將之翻倍，其市場份額將空中旅行相比微不足道。