paltry

paltry

美 [ˈpɔltri] 　英 [ˈpɔːltri]

• adj.可忽略不计的；微小的；微不足道的；无价值的
• 网络不足取的；琐碎的；吝啬的

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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.

赶马车的，您知道，多得数不清，草料还挺贵，坐车的又小器，老是打算去坐公共马车。

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。

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.

一个微不足道的安慰就是这样的袭击，能毁灭一两个城市，但不会引起超级大国之间的核战争的大毁灭。

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。

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

分析师们认为，考虑到加油站的价格较上年同期下降了逾1美元，需求的增加就更显得微不足道了。

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

即便高铁将之翻倍，其市场份额将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，各类新闻媒体和刻板的普通闲谈在预测人们的生活轨迹时，都显得那么微不足道。

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

美国在教育方面的投资比任何其他国家都高，而结果甚微。

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夺的成果，但在来世将遭受到十倍的痛苦。

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

做为中国联通在欧洲分部的头儿，苏先生靠着微薄的工资和只够生活基本费用的津贴过日子。

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

歌颂光明者其作品未必伟大，刻画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，时代华纳的风险相对较低，该公司仅有220亿美元的负债。

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

与其在英国的经营活动水平相比，这家银行的税单看起来微不足道。

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.

我不相信巴尔和泰瑞尔只是为了这些渺小的灵魂而在这边奋战不休，他们来此是为了和以前一样，解决一些未了的纷争。

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

某些国家的央行由于对能够获得的微不足道的利率不满意，可能决定干脆不出借它们的黄金了。

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

如今的美国，失业率高企、经济增长乏力、资本投资微不足道、且在债务上限问题争论不休，这些问题都环环相扣。

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

她曾在一家有声誉的百货商店当推销员，领微薄的薪水。

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

这个穷画家钱卖他的画微薄的。

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

这当然没有影响到湖人，他们得到了37次罚球，于此相比开拓者拿到的16个罚球微不足道。

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

这些细微却紧要的财产，这些与之关联的真实，才是唯一让我激动之物。

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

也门总统萨利赫执政23年后，被要求在2013年下台。

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

发展中国家的反应从“贿赂”到“甚至都不够买棺材的”，不胜枚举。

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.

农民工过去会给家里寄钱，补贴农家收入微薄的生活。

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

如果你认为微薄的奖金是你们公司整体趋势的一部分，你可以考虑跳槽。

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

物价上升和失业率的上升意味着职业收入可能以少于3%的概率上升，这个数据刚刚低于通胀率。

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

在最近一个财政年度，38%的销量流向中国，而日本市场仅占4%。

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

除了微不足道的国家最低工资，她们没有自由时间、健康保险、节假日或退休金。

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.

我将召唤这里真正的主人，让你们直接面对他无尽的愤怒，你们渺小的生命即将完结。

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

新闻集团上周同意以3,500万美元的白菜价，将MySpace卖给一家由私募基金投资的在线广告网络SpecificMedia。

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

此举导致朝鲜2400万美金被冻结，这可不是一笔小数目，它使得朝鲜外汇储备系统濒临崩盘。

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

别人所厌恶的一切，什么低贱的伙伴啊，简陋的房间啊，污浊的空气啊，令人作呕的朋友啊，对你却很有吸引力。

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

今天来看，这个数目并不大，但在1992年初，这笔钱足以帮助我们在竞选中当领头羊。

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.

这还算不错，但算下来，衰退过后头两个季度按通胀因素调整的GDP增幅，只有区区1.

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

这里，我甚至没有谈到被称之为子孙后代的那种小小的永恒。

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

从历史标准来看，美国的通货膨胀率很低，但利率可以忽略不计，无论如何储户都蒙受了损失。

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.

别忘了如今即使是2%-4%的债券收益率也并不像看起来那么微不足道，因为通货膨胀依然接近于零。

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

赈灾援助是一个不分党派的话题，同时，两党所关注的资金问题也是琐碎次要的。

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

在美国，海尔的促销预算仅仅占其在美国的销售额的1%，可以说是微不足道。

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

更为严重的就来了，IIF预计今年将降至1650美元。

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

罗伯茨主要对敲，是微不足道的战绩他，他已无力维持本土人才。