paltry

美 [?p?ltri] 　英 [?p??ltri]

• adj.可忽略不計的；微小的；微不足道的；無價值的
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)不足取的；瑣碎的；吝嗇的

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There are lots and lots of cabmen as you know, hay is dear, and folks are paltry nowadays and always contriving to go by tram.

趕馬車的，您知道，多得數(shù)不清，草料還挺貴，坐車的又小器，老是打算去坐公共馬車。

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

她居然一直屈從于一個靈魂如此低賤，性格如此平庸的男人，實在令人費解。

It is paltry consolation that such a strike, taking out a city or two, would not cause the devastation of a nuclear war between superpowers.

一個微不足道的安慰就是這樣的襲擊，能毀滅一兩個城市，但不會引起超級大國之間的核戰(zhàn)爭的大毀滅。

Keep the money in the bank and the returns could be paltry and the capital eroded by inflation.

把錢存在銀行，那點兒利息微不足道而且通貨膨脹讓資產(chǎn)縮水。

Analysts say the increase in demand looks especially paltry considering that prices at the pump are down more than $1 from a year ago.

分析師們認為，考慮到加油站的價格較上年同期下降了逾1美元，需求的增加就更顯得微不足道了。

Even if high-speed rail were to double the number of riders, its market share would be paltry compared to air travel.

即便高鐵將之翻倍，其市場份額將空中旅行相比微不足道。

And yet the categories of journalism and the stereotypes of normal conversation are paltry when it comes to predicting a life course.

但是，各類新聞媒體和刻板的普通閑談在預(yù)測人們的生活軌跡時，都顯得那么微不足道。

The United States spends far more on education than any other nation, with paltry results.

美國在教育方面的投資比任何其他國家都高，而結(jié)果甚微。

The bully may enjoy his ill-gotten gains for a few paltry years in this world, but he will suffer tenfold in the next.

暴徒在有生之年可以享受其掠奪的成果，但在來世將遭受到十倍的痛苦。

As China Unicom's head man in Europe, Mr So was paid a paltry Chinese salary plus a small cost-of-living allowance.

做為中國聯(lián)通在歐洲分部的頭兒，蘇先生靠著微薄的工資和只夠生活基本費用的津貼過日子。

what is bright are not necessarily great and the works of those who depict the dark are not necessarily paltry.

歌頌光明者其作品未必偉大，刻畫黑暗者其作品未必渺小。

Yet the stakes at Time Warner, which had a paltry $22bn in debt, were comparatively low.

然而，時代華納的風險相對較低，該公司僅有220億美元的負債。

Compared with its level of activity in the country, the bank's tax bill looks paltry.

與其在英國的經(jīng)營活動水平相比，這家銀行的稅單看起來微不足道。

I do not believe that Baal and Tyrael have come to fight over a paltry few souls. They are here to settle a conflict as old as time itself.

我不相信巴爾和泰瑞爾只是為了這些渺小的靈魂而在這邊奮戰(zhàn)不休，他們來此是為了和以前一樣，解決一些未了的紛爭。

Some central banks, unimpressed with the paltry interest rates on offer, may have taken the decision not to lend their gold at all.

某些國家的央行由于對能夠獲得的微不足道的利率不滿意，可能決定干脆不出借它們的黃金了。

Today's high unemployment, sluggish growth, paltry levels of capital investment and bickering over the debt ceiling are of a piece.

如今的美國，失業(yè)率高企、經(jīng)濟增長乏力、資本投資微不足道、且在債務(wù)上限問題爭論不休，這些問題都環(huán)環(huán)相扣。

She was earning a paltry salary as a merchandiser in a renowned departmental store.

她曾在一家有聲譽的百貨商店當推銷員，領(lǐng)微薄的薪水。

The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.

這個窮畫家錢賣他的畫微薄的。

It certainly didn't hurt the Lakers that they got to shoot 37 free throws compared to a paltry 16 for the Trail Blazers.

這當然沒有影響到湖人，他們得到了37次罰球，于此相比開拓者拿到的16個罰球微不足道。

These paltry and essential belongings, these relative truths are the only ones to stir me.

這些細微卻緊要的財產(chǎn)，這些與之關(guān)聯(lián)的真實，才是唯一讓我激動之物。

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen offered to step down in 2013, after a paltry twenty-three years in power.

也門總統(tǒng)薩利赫執(zhí)政23年后，被要求在2013年下臺。

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

發(fā)展中國家的反應(yīng)從“賄賂”到“甚至都不夠買棺材的”，不勝枚舉。

The laid-off workers used to send money back to their home villages, adding to the paltry income of families left behind on the farms.

農(nóng)民工過去會給家里寄錢，補貼農(nóng)家收入微薄的生活。

If you see the paltry bonuses as part of a larger trend at your company, you could consider looking for a job elsewhere.

如果你認為微薄的獎金是你們公司整體趨勢的一部分，你可以考慮跳槽。

Paltry pay rises, as well as job losses, mean employment income is probably growing by less than 3%, well below the inflation rate.

物價上升和失業(yè)率的上升意味著職業(yè)收入可能以少于3%的概率上升，這個數(shù)據(jù)剛剛低于通脹率。

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

在最近一個財政年度，38%的銷量流向中國，而日本市場僅占4%。

They have no free time, health insurance, holidays or pension provision beyond the paltry state minimum.

除了微不足道的國家最低工資，她們沒有自由時間、健康保險、節(jié)假日或退休金。

I go now to summon the lord whose house this is. Should you seek an audience with him, your paltry lives will surely be forfeit.

我將召喚這里真正的主人，讓你們直接面對他無盡的憤怒，你們渺小的生命即將完結(jié)。

(NWS) agreed to sell MySpace to a PE-backed online ad network called Specific Media for a paltry $35 million.

新聞集團上周同意以3,500萬美元的白菜價，將MySpace賣給一家由私募基金投資的在線廣告網(wǎng)絡(luò)SpecificMedia。

This resulted in the freezing of North Korean funds worth $24m, not a paltry sum for a country desperately short of foreign currency.

此舉導致朝鮮2400萬美金被凍結(jié)，這可不是一筆小數(shù)目，它使得朝鮮外匯儲備系統(tǒng)瀕臨崩盤。

Everything that revolts other people, low company, paltry rooms, foul air, disgusting associations are inviting to you.

別人所厭惡的一切，什么低賤的伙伴啊，簡陋的房間啊，污濁的空氣啊，令人作嘔的朋友啊，對你卻很有吸引力。

It seems a paltry sum today, but it was good enough to lead the field in early 1992.

今天來看，這個數(shù)目并不大，但在1992年初，這筆錢足以幫助我們在競選中當領(lǐng)頭羊。

That isn't bad, but it would amount to a rather paltry 1. 4% increase in inflation-adjusted GDP in the first two quarters after recession.

這還算不錯，但算下來，衰退過后頭兩個季度按通脹因素調(diào)整的GDP增幅，只有區(qū)區(qū)1.

I am not even speaking here of that paltry eternity that is called posterity.

這里，我甚至沒有談到被稱之為子孫后代的那種小小的永恒。

Inflation in the United States is very low by historical standards, but interest rates are so paltry that savers are losing money anyway.

從歷史標準來看，美國的通貨膨脹率很低，但利率可以忽略不計，無論如何儲戶都蒙受了損失。

Don't forget that even today's 2% to 4% bond yields aren't as paltry as they look, because inflation remains close to zero.

別忘了如今即使是2%-4%的債券收益率也并不像看起來那么微不足道，因為通貨膨脹依然接近于零。

Disaster-relief funding is a nonpartisan topic, and the money at issue was paltry.

賑災(zāi)援助是一個不分黨派的話題，同時，兩黨所關(guān)注的資金問題也是瑣碎次要的。

In the USA, Haier's promotion budget accounts for only a paltry 1% of its American Sales.

在美國，海爾的促銷預(yù)算僅僅占其在美國的銷售額的1%，可以說是微不足道。

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

更為嚴重的就來了，IIF預(yù)計今年將降至1650美元。

The main knock on Roberts, he of the paltry overall record, has been his inability to maintain homegrown talent.

羅伯茨主要對敲，是微不足道的戰(zhàn)績他，他已無力維持本土人才。