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paltry adj.微不足道的；琐碎的；无价值的；可鄙的 (1) 他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。(2) 做这件工作是毫无价值的。(3) 你怎么能故意编造出这么卑鄙的谎话? Paltry is a laughably small amount — the waiter might chuck a paltry tip in the garbage. If you have only 50 cents in your bank account, it's such a paltry amount, you may as well be broke. It can also mean "not worth considering" or "not important." If you keep breaking your promises, your friends will get sick of your paltry excuses.

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英 ['pɔːltri] 美 ['pɔːltri] (1) His influence on this matter is paltry.(2) It's paltry to do that job.(3) How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods? A paltry amount is so small it's not even worth thinking about. In the novel "Oliver Twist," when Oliver is given a paltry amount of gruel — not nearly enough — he asks, "Please, sir, can I have some more?" 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](数量)微小的，微不足道的 A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small.   [usu ADJ n]...a paltry fine of £50...50英镑的小额罚款They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.他们在选举中惨败，仅获得微不足道的3个席位。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可鄙的；卑贱的；不重要的 You can use paltry to describe something or someone that you consider to be small or unimportant.   [usu ADJ n]The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.那些家长对家里鸡毛蒜皮的小事没什么兴趣。

英语单词	paltry
英美音标	英 ['pɔːltri] 美 ['pɔːltri]
中文释义	adj.微不足道的；琐碎的；无价值的；可鄙的
英语例句	(1) His influence on this matter is paltry. (2) It's paltry to do that job. (3) How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods?
中文例句	(1) 他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。 (2) 做这件工作是毫无价值的。 (3) 你怎么能故意编造出这么卑鄙的谎话?
vocabulary简明	A paltry amount is so small it's not even worth thinking about. In the novel "Oliver Twist," when Oliver is given a paltry amount of gruel — not nearly enough — he asks, "Please, sir, can I have some more?"
vocabulary扩展	Paltry is a laughably small amount — the waiter might chuck a paltry tip in the garbage. If you have only 50 cents in your bank account, it's such a paltry amount, you may as well be broke. It can also mean "not worth considering" or "not important." If you keep breaking your promises, your friends will get sick of your paltry excuses.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](数量)微小的，微不足道的 A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small. [usu ADJ n] ...a paltry fine of £50... 50英镑的小额罚款 They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats. 他们在选举中惨败，仅获得微不足道的3个席位。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可鄙的；卑贱的；不重要的 You can use paltry to describe something or someone that you consider to be small or unimportant. [usu ADJ n] The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns. 那些家长对家里鸡毛蒜皮的小事没什么兴趣。

Paltry Amount Small Worth Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 [Usu Adj