derisory

derisory读音音标

英[dɪˈraɪsəri]

美[dɪˈraɪsəri]

基本意思释义

adj.嘲笑的，嘲弄的

短语及实用例句

She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money.

在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。

柯林斯例句

Were the contracts that were offered to the players as derisory as we have been led to believe?

合同里给球员开出的薪水真如想要我们相信的那样低得可笑吗？

柯林斯例句

Few non - Japanese investors own yen cash or bonds, and central bank holdings are similarly derisory.

很少有外国投资者持有日元现金或债券, 各国央行的持有量也同样少得可怜.

英英释义

Adjective

1. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense;

\"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework\"

\"that\'s a cockeyed idea\"

\"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer\"

\"a contribution so small as to be laughable\"

\"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion\"

\"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history\"

\"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous\"