paltry

paltry怎么读

英式音标：[ˈpɔ:ltri]

美式音标：[ˈpɔltri]

paltry基本解释

adj. 不足取的；无价值的；琐碎的；卑鄙的

paltry的意思释义

adj.

微小的；不重要的；无价值的；可鄙的

英英释义

adj.

not worth considering

\"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost\"

同义词：negligibletrifling

contemptibly small in amount

\"a paltry wage\"

同义词：measlymiserable

paltry用法及例句

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

His influence on this matter is paltry.

他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。

This is a paltry sum to pay for such a masterpiece.

对这样一部杰作只付这么一点钱, 未免太少了。

It\'s paltry to do that job.

做这件工作是毫无价值的。

How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods?

你怎么能故意编造出这么卑鄙的谎话?

例句参考

Copenhagen Accord pledges are paltry

Legitimizing Paltry Contributions: On‐the‐spot vs. Mail‐in Requests

The Legitimization of Paltry Favors Effect: A Review and Meta-Analysis

Chicken CP49: significant or paltry? An evolutionary perspective.

Paltry Peddlers or Essential Merchants? Women in the Distributive Trades in Early Modern Nuremberg

Increasing compliance by legitimizing paltry contributions: When even a penny helps.

Crowded Jail Has Kane County at a Big Loss Budget Paltry Compared with Projected Costs

“Even a Penny Will Help!”: Legitimization of Paltry Donation and Social Proof in Soliciting Donation to a Charitable Organization

Let\'s Dialogue About Penny: Effectiveness of Dialogue Involvement and Legitimizing Paltry Contribution Techniques

paltry词源

paltry (adj.)

1560s, probably an adjectival use of noun paltry \"worthless thing\" (1550s), associated with dialectal palt, pelt \"trash,\" cognate with Middle Low German and East Frisian palte \"rag,\" Middle Dutch palt \"broken or torn fragment.\" Similar formation in Low German paltrig \"rubbishy,\" East Frisian palterig \"ragged, torn.\"

paltry相关例句

1.paltry charity; sops; a small economic Bait

小恩小惠

3.a paltry amount, sum,etc

微不足道的数量、 金额等.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

4.So mean, petty, or paltry as to deserve contempt.

卑鄙的下贱的、微不足道的或没有价值以至应该轻蔑的

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5.\"Oh, merely a paltry fifty louis.\"

“噢，小数目——五十个路易。”

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

6.His influence on this matter is paltry.

他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。

-- 来源 -- 轻轻松松背单词-蒋刚

7.Of little value or importance;paltry.

价值很小的，微不足道的；琐细的

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考