pittance

pittance怎么读

英式音标：[ˈpɪtns]

美式音标：[ˈpɪtns]

pittance基本解释

n. 少量；小额施舍；少量津贴

pittance的意思释义

n.

少量；少许；微薄的工资；少量的收入

变形

复数：pittances

英英释义

pittance[ \'pitəns ]

n.an inadequate payment

\"they work all day for a mere pittance\"

pittance用法及例句

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

We aren\'t talking a pittance here.

这可不是一笔小数目。

She could barely survive on the pittance she received as a widow\'s pension.

她靠着极少的孤寡抚恤金仅够糊口.

Lawrence fags away for a pittance.

劳伦斯为了一点微薄的收入而辛苦地工作。

The widow must live on her slender pittance.

那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。

例句参考

Neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination in plastic scintillators: Preparation and characterization of various compositions

Compensated gadolinium-loaded plastic scintillators for thermal neutron detection and counting

Gammastic: Towards a pseudo-gamma spectrometry in plastic scintillators

MATERIAUX SCINTILLATEURS PLASTIQUES, SCINTILLATEURS PLASTIQUES COMPRENANT CES MATERIAUX ET PROCEDE POUR DISCRIMINER LES NEUTRONS DES...

SCINTILLATION COUNTER AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD

Influence of bismuth loading in polystyrene-based plastic scintillators for low energy gamma spectroscopy

Health Canada\'s investment in new post-market drug surveillance network a “pittance”

Pittas for a pittance: observations on the little known illegal trade in Pittidae in west Indonesia

Aid for Union Soldiers\' Families: A Comfortable Entitlement or a Pauper\'s Pittance? Indiana, 1861–1865

ARKANSAS: Gas Tax Rise a \'Pittance\'

pittance词源

pittance

pittance: see pity

pittance (n.)

c. 1200, \"pious donation to a religious house or order to provide extra food; the extra food provided,\" also \"a small portion, scanty rations,\" from Old French pitance \"pity, mercy, compassion; refreshment, nourishment; portion of food allowed a monk or poor person by a pious bequest,\" apparently literally \"pity,\" from pitié (see pity). Meaning \"small amount, portion\" first recorded 1560s.

pittance相关例句

1. Although many of the poorest now get some kind of government support, it is only a pittance.

虽然现在许多较贫穷的人得到*府的一些帮助，但是那仅仅是小小的施舍。

2. The cost of providing a children’s form of Viagra would be a pittance compared to the profits that Pfizer would reap.

同Pfizer 从该协议中可获取的利润相比，提供为儿童设计的 “伟哥”的成本简直是小额施舍。

3. He sells me a bag of nuts for a pittance andrefuses to accept a tip.

他卖给我们一包腰果，只收取了一丁点钱，并且他拒绝接受小费。

4. Though the stipends are usually a pittance, they make a difference to the poorest because they are reliable—unlike the rest of the poor’s income.

虽然这些津贴通常很微薄，但是确实对较穷的人们起到了作用，因为相对于穷人的工资的结余，这些津贴更为可靠。

5. They typically park that money overnight at the Fed for a pittance, or invest it in ultra-safe securities, like bonds backed by the government.

他们主要是将钱存放于美联储获取微薄收入，或者投资于极端安全的有价证券，像*府债券。

6. But together they owned a mere 1.2 percent of the company, a pittance given the size of those investment companies.

但是这两家合计仅拥有其1.2%的股份，考虑到这两家投资公司的规模，这点持有量实在少得多可怜。

7. Given the monumental scale of the problem, some see even that increase as a pittance.

但部份人士认为,与问题的规模相较,经费即使已增加,也仅属杯水车薪.

8. Gilbert should be thanking him too--the salary he doled out to James was a pittance compared to the victories and money that rolled in during his Cleveland reign.

吉尔伯特也应该感谢他，因为相对于詹姆斯为克利夫兰带来的胜利和金钱而言，吉尔伯特付给他的薪水可谓微薄至极。

9. The only consolation is that tight restrictions on both political contributions and spending mean that general elections cost a pittance compared with those next door.

唯一值得庆幸的是，加拿大严格限制*治献金以及选举开销，这意味者加拿大的选举花费与他们的邻居相比，仅仅是九牛一毛。

10. And now that their families have escaped poverty, young migrants are no longer as willing to make the same sacrifices as their parents, working for a pittance in poor conditions far from home.

而且,如今年轻农民工的家庭已经脱贫,他们不再愿意像父辈那样作出牺牲,为了点微薄的收入背井离乡,在艰苦的环境中劳作.

11. In some regions, such as Africa, the exploitation—the extraction of natural resources and the rape of the environment, all in return for a pittance—was obvious.

在非洲的一些地区，开采自然资源、破坏自然环境仅给当地带来了微薄的回报，这就是赤裸裸的剥削。

12. According to Prof Mathews, these illegal workers carry the economy of Chungking Mansions as they are willing to work for a pittance.

麦登高表示，这些非法劳工撑起了重庆大厦的经济，他们愿以微薄的薪水干活。

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13. People, usually migrants from rural areas and jobless citizens, are hired to queue up for different types of tickets in large cities in return for a pittance, they are called hired queuers.

代排族，指在大城市里被雇来替别人排队获取各类票证，然后从中获得报酬的那些人，从事这一行业的多为农民工或者无业人员。

14. The poorest 51 countries received just 8 per cent of total capital flows – a pittance when compared with the whole pie.

较贫困的51个国家只获得了全部资本流动的8%-与整个蛋糕相比微乎其微。

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15. According to late reports on Sunday, JPMorgan Chase will buy Bear for a pittance.

根据周日的较新报道，摩根大通准备低价买入贝尔斯登。

16. Footballers were paid a pittance, but at least they were paid on time.

当然，那时球员们拿到的薪水很微薄，但起码还能按时拿到工资呢。

17. The few jobs now being created too often pay a pittance, not nearly enough to pry open the doors to a middle-class standard of living.

当前创造的就业机会也只是杯水车薪，还远远无法达到中产阶级的生活水准。

18. This reserve is earning \"a pittance,\" he says. \"But we sleep well.\"

他说，这笔储备赚钱很少，但保证“我们睡的安稳”。

19. This reserve is earning \"a pittance,\" he says. \"But we sleep well.\"

他说，这笔储备赚钱很少，但保证“我们睡的安稳”。