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paltry

['pɔ:ltri]

adj.微不足道的, 琐碎的,无价值的, 可鄙的

例句与用法：

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

His influence on this matter is paltry.

他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。

It's paltry to do that job.

做这件工作是毫无价值的。

词形变化：

副词: paltrily | 形容词比较级: paltrier | 形容词最高级: paltriest | 名词: paltriness |

1. 不足取的; 琐碎的; 没有价值的

2. 卑鄙的

paltry

■It seemed as if this paltry sum would delay the desired culmination longer than all the rest had.

"看样子，这小小的一笔钱似乎比前面所有的钱都更久地耽误实现大家盼望的目标。

■On a more mundane front, Garff examines Kierkegaard's finances and paltry sales figures.It's astounding what a name for himself he made while selling fewer than 300 copies of each book.

Garff还从一个更加世俗的角度，对克尔凯戈尔的财政状况以及作品出售的窘况进行了分析，在作品只卖出区区300余本的情况下，他获得了如此的名声，这让人有点目愣口呆了。

■Paltry Tyrannulet

n. 稚小霸鹟

■-- "You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this.

“你可转错了念头啦，你以为这样卑鄙地攻击人家一下，就影响了我对人家的看法吗？

■"the paltry subterfuge of an anonymous signature" (Robert Smith Surtees)

“签署假名的卑鄙逃避手段”(罗伯特·史密斯·瑟蒂斯)

■"Then turn your forces from this paltry siege/And stir them up against a mightier task" (Shakespeare)

“那么把你的军队调离这足取的围攻/而鼓动他们去完成更艰巨的任务”(莎士比亚)

■An aged man is but a paltry thing,

一个老人不过是一件废物

■No doubt M. Danglars has sacrificed them to the selfish consideration of gaining some thousands of paltry francs

一定是腾格拉尔先生为能在这笔交易中赚上几千法朗而把它们给卖了。

■She is soon ringed by hagglers wanting her paltry wares for even less than the pittance she asks.

一群人很快围了过来要买她的这些便宜货，她要价很低，不过围的人想砍得更低。

■No, he couldn't destroy himself over such a paltry affair, he couldn't break his resolution never to touch alcohol.

不，他不能为那点缠绕而毁坏了自己，不能从此破了酒戒。

■Compared with some paltry gains, these prices are unjustified and immoral.

与一些微不足道的所得相比,所付出的代价太大,而且是不道德的。

■Even then the European expeditions would seem paltry by comparison: All the ships of Columbus and da Gama combined could have been stored on a single deck of a single vessel in the fleet that set sail under Zheng He.

且这些欧洲船队与他相较仍是小巫见大巫：光是郑和旗下其中一艘船的一面甲板，就容纳得下哥伦布与达.伽马所有的船只。

■Perhaps you stayed on because of challenging assignments even though raises were paltry and you see now that the best way to make more money is to jump to another firm.

也许你呆在现在的岗位是因为虽然加薪渺茫，但工作内容很富有挑战性；而现在你明白了要赚更多的钱，最好的方式是跳槽。

■The second-quarter gain will only be 10% above a year ago, which looks paltry compared with its first-quarter tripling of sales and quadrupling of profits.

二季度的收益将只比去年同期增长10%。与一季度销量增长两倍、利润增长三倍相比，二季度表现微不足道。

■What paltry creatures we are!

人是多么渺小啊!

■What did he drive from this agenda, but a few paltry words in a foreign language?

从这些事情中，他得到了什么呢？仅仅为了几个微不足道的外语单词？

■He . . . considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost

他.认为奖金与它所夺去的生命相比太微不足道了

■They are tightly controlled by families, who have only a paltry stake in the companies at their base.

他们被众家族紧密地控制着，这些家族只在总部拥有公司的部分股权。

■He was benched Saturday in Game 4 primarily because of his paltry averages through three games: seven points, three rebounds and four fouls.

他在周六的第六战初坐在板凳席上，因为他前三场的表现实在糟糕：平均7分，3个篮板还有四次犯规。

■There was something paltry about it, after all.

他对巴特勒先生的事业不满意，总觉得其中有些东西不足为训。

■His influence on this matter is paltry.

他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。

■he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost; piffling efforts; a trifling matter

他总是考虑生活中一些极琐碎事情的开支；微不足道的努力；琐碎的事情

■he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost; piffling efforts; a trifling matter.

他总是考虑生活中一些极琐碎事情的开支；微不足道的努力；琐碎的事情。

■The paltry fine also discourages officers from writing the tickets, he said- only 135 were issued last year.

他说，可怜的罚款还使警察不愿开罚单，去年一共才开出135张罚单。

■Of little value or importance; paltry.

价值很小的，微不足道的；琐细的

■Unfortunately, this only amounted to a paltry $3.2m split between 23 publishers in an industry that made sales worth over $100 billion that year.

但遗憾的是，这微不足道的3百20万销售额与23个出版商当年1亿多的销售额相比仍有不小的差距。

■You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this

你可能转错了念头啦，你以为这样卑鄙地攻击人家一下，就影响了我对人家的看法吗?

■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?

■Thanks to economic reforms, India's TFP growth has improved from its paltry 0.2% a year in the 1960s and 1970s before the economy was opened up, but it is still much slower than in China.

例如，印度经济还未开放的上世纪60年代和70年代，当时该国TFP的年增幅仅为微不足道的0.2%。虽然在实行经济改革之后，印度经济大有起色，但仍远不如中国。

■If the results are verified, it is a turning point in human history, suggesting that life exists not just on two planets in one paltry solar system but throughout this magnificent universe.

假如结果证实无误，这可以说是人类史上的一个转折点，表明生命不只存在与一个小小的太阳系里的两颗行星上，而是遍布整个浩瀚的宇宙。

■It's paltry to do that job.

做这件工作是毫无价值的。

■As a matter of fact, we mankind are rather paltry sometimes.

其实，我们人类有时候也很渺小。

■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

■Even if these initiatives deliver a paltry 5% return, Fred will still make a bundle.

即使这些投资只能取得微不足道的5%的收益率，无用先生仍然有大笔金钱进账。

■Nevertheless I am paltry giving up making a good showing, yet to write you this mail.

可是我却偏偏这么不争气,还给你写邮件。

■Nevertheless I am paltry giving up making a good showing,yet to write you this mail.

可是我却偏偏这么不争气，还给你写邮件。

■Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us?

听着，你们是不是觉得杀几个微不足道的人就吓倒我们了?

■12 For the witchery of paltry things obscures what is right and the whirl of desire transforms the innocent mind.

因为罪恶的蛊惑，使人丧失天良；情欲的风暴，毁坏纯朴的心灵。

■The IIF expects that flows will dwindle to a paltry $165 billion this year.

国际金融协会(IIF)预计，今年私人资本的净流入将减少到区区1650以美金。

■And as the Christmas season approaches, bringing a gaggle of gadgets for Santa to deliver, Nokia has a paltry smartphone offeri.

圣诞节日益临近，各公司纷纷推出可供圣诞老人派发的设备，而诺基亚的智能手机真是微不足道。

■In the August 30th election the LDP lost 181 seats, accumulating a paltry tally of 119 compared with 300 held by Mr Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan.

在8月30号的大选中，自民党失去了181个席位，与自民党总共获得不到119个席位相比，鸠山由纪夫领导的共和党则获得了300个席位。

■In the latest financial year, 38 per cent of sales were to China, compared with a paltry 4 per cent to the Japanese market.

在最近一个财政年度,38%的销量流向中国,而日本市场仅占4%。

■Most forms of investment pay only the paltry leavings after others deduct their expenses and fair compensation for using your money.

大多数投资是这样的，别人使用你的钱，扣除必要的费用并补偿你以后，你所得到的钱非常少。

■The immutable law of success is that tiny target brings about paltry achievement and great target is sure to bring about great achievement.

大目标，大成功，这个成功规律永远不会改变。

■It was inexplicable that she had been subject to a man so paltry in mind, so despicable in character.

她居然一直屈从于一个灵魂如此低贱，性格如此平庸的男人，实在令人费解。

■And what a person thinks on his own without being stimulated by the thoughts and experiences of other people is even in the best case rather paltry and monotonous.

如果一个人考虑的事情完全靠自己而未被别人的思想和经历所刺激，那么即使是在最好的情形下，也是单调的，无价值的。

■Tsao said, "Such paltry faith wins no trust,the gods will not bless you."

对曰：小信未孚，神弗福也。

■Tsao said, "Such paltry charity cannot reach all,the people will not follow you."

对曰：小惠未遍，民弗从也。

■bestow paltry charity to sb.; give petty favours to sb.

对某人施小恩小惠

■To poor countries, this sounds paltry: responses range from “bribery” to “it will not even pay for the coffins”.

对穷国来说，这听起来太微薄了，故对此的反应从“贿赂”到“连买棺材都不够”不一而足。