橘子朗文词典

paltry

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['pɔːltrɪ; 'pɒl-]
  • 美式音标 [ˈpɑːl.tri]
  • 国际音标 ['pɔ:ltri]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.微不足道的；瑣碎的；無價值的；可鄙的

词根记忆

  • pal(=pale蒼白的) + try(努力)→白努力→無價值的
  • pal(看作pale蒼白的) + try(努力)→白努力→無價值的

同根派生

  • n性質的同根詞
    paltriness：不足取；無價值。

英汉例句

  • They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
    他們在選擧中慘敗，僅獲得微不足道的3個蓆位。
  • They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
    他們明白他們正処於一場零和博弈中，雙方必須針鋒相對，爭奪那少得可憐的資源。
  • The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.
    那些家長對家裡雞毛蒜皮的小事沒什麽興趣。
  • They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
    他們在選擧中慘敗，僅獲得微不足道的3個蓆位。
  • They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
    他們明白他們正処於一場零和博弈中，雙方必須針鋒相對，爭奪那少得可憐的資源。

词组短语

    短語

  • paltry aim 微不足道的目標
  • paltry amount 微不足道的數量
  • paltry important 微不足道的
  • Paltry y 無價值的;吝嗇的
  • A paltry task 無聊的任務

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small.