paltry

adj.

1. 可忽略不计的；微小的；微不足道的
   too small to be considered as important or useful
   1. This account offers a paltry 1% return on your investment.
      这个账户给你投资的回报仅是微不足道的1%。
   2. a paltry sum
      小得可怜的数额
2. 无价值的；无用的
   having no value or useful qualities
   1. a paltry gesture
      没有意义的手势

1. ADJ-GRADED (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.
   1. ...a paltry fine of £50...
      50英镑的小额罚款
   2. 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 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.
   1. 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。

1. 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. 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。
3. They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
   他们明白他们正处于一场零和博弈中，双方必须针锋相对，争夺那少得可怜的资源。
4. My paltry efforts are not worth mentioning.
   区区微劳，不足挂齿。
5. There has been paltry unilateral liberalization beyond China's WTO commitments.
   除了中国加入世贸组织所作的承诺之外，中国几乎没有采取什么单边的自由化措施。
6. Yet that is a paltry sum compared to the money flowing into traditional energy production.
   但与传统能源生产投资相比，这只是一笔很小的数目。
7. That is paltry compared with the$ 80 billion-plus market for conventional cigarettes in the country.
   与该国超过800亿美元的传统香烟市场相比，这个数字是微不足道的。
8. The company offered Jeremy a paltry sum which he refused.
   公司提出给杰里米一笔微不足道的款子，被他拒绝了。
9. I also learned how to make a red date paltry.
   我也学到了怎么做枣泥酥。
10. Keep the money in the bank and the returns could be paltry and the capital eroded by inflation.
    把钱存在银行，那点儿利息微不足道而且通货膨胀让资产缩水。
11. I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act!
    我想这是多么低劣，多么粗鲁，多么卑鄙的行为！
12. Many were dissatisfied with the paltry interest rates banks were offering.
    很多人对银行微不足道的利率不满意。
13. I'm getting angry; and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours.
    我要生气了，如果你不能振作你那点元气。
14. With state banks offering savers paltry rates of interest, the under-the-counter ones simply offer more for deposits.
    当国有银行仅仅给予储蓄者微不足道的利率时，地下钱庄却会给存款更多的利息。
15. A paltry amount, sum, etc.
    微不足道的数量、金额等。
16. What paltry creatures we are!
    人是多么渺小啊！
17. 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。
18. She knew, now, how paltry were the passions exaggerated by art.
    她知道，现在，艺术夸张地表现了情感是有多么地微小！
19. Though expensive to maintain, such considerations were paltry to someone as wealthy as the head of Black Sun.
    虽然它的维护很昂贵，但这点问题对黑日首脑这么富有的人根本就是小菜一碟。
20. AIG would earn a relatively paltry fee for providing this service just 0.02 cents per dollar insured per year.
    AIG从其提供的这项服务中获得相对较少的一部分利润承保的每一美元每年的收益仅0.02美分。
21. Of little value or importance; paltry.
    价值很小的，微不足道的；琐细的。
22. The deal cost him a paltry$ 100.
    这笔买卖花了他区区100英镑。
23. The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.
    那位穷画家以微不足迫的数目卖了他的画。
24. Yet the stakes at Time Warner, which had a paltry$ 22bn in debt, were comparatively low.
    然而，时代华纳的风险相对较低，该公司仅有220亿美元的负债。
25. But while the dollar amounts may be paltry, Mr Bernanke must grasp that the symbolism is anything but.
    然而，尽管这些储备的美元金额也许微不足道，但伯南克必须明白，其象征意义绝非小可。
26. 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？

adj

1. contemptibly small in amount
   1. a measly tip
   2. the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
   3. a paltry wage
   4. almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans

   Synonym:    measlymiserable

2. not worth considering
   1. he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
   2. piffling efforts
   3. a trifling matter

   Synonym:    negligibletrifling