| 单词 | 少得可怜 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔EARN〕In the 19th century, children worked long hours in factories for a pittance. 在19世纪，工厂的童工工时长，报酬却少得可怜。朗文写作活用〔FEW/NOT MANY〕Ten years ago, you could count the Korean restaurants in this city on the fingers of one hand. 十年前这个城市里的韩国餐馆少得可怜。朗文写作活用〔LITTLE〕Club owners in Kansas City paid paltry wages to jazz musicians but gave them steady work. 堪萨斯市的俱乐部老板付给爵士乐手的工资少得可怜，但工作倒是稳定的。朗文写作活用〔LITTLE〕In the poorest parts of the country, children work 12-hour days for a mere pittance. 在该国最穷的地方，童工一天工作12小时，所得的工资却少得可怜。朗文写作活用〔LITTLE〕Last year workers were offered a paltry raise of only one percent. 去年工人只加了1%的工资，少得可怜。朗文写作活用〔LITTLE〕The company's profits increased 35%, but they've only offered a derisory 2.5% pay increase. 公司的利润增长了35%，可他们的工资只加了2.5%，少得可怜。朗文写作活用〔LITTLE〕They expect their staff to work hard, but the wages they pay are a pittance. 他们希望员工努力工作，但他们支付的工资却少得可怜。朗文写作活用〔awash〕The soup consisted of little bits of chicken awash in a tasteless broth.这碗汤就是清汤加上漂在上面的几片少得可怜的鸡肉。韦氏高阶〔derisory〕She was being paid a derisory amount of money.她的薪水少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔derisory〕She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money.在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔derisory〕They offered us a derisory £10 a week.他们每周给我们 10 英镑，少得可怜。牛津高阶〔derisory〕We were awarded a derisory sum.我们得到的奖金少得可怜。剑桥高阶〔inadequate〕His salary was pitifully inadequate for the needs of his growing family.他的工资少得可怜，不够养活添丁增口的家庭。牛津搭配〔lamentable〕There are still lamentably few women surgeons.女外科医生依然少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔lamentably〕There are still lamentably few women surgeons.女外科医生还是少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔meagre〕Staff were given a meagre 3.1% pay rise.员工们只得到少得可怜的3.1%的加薪。外研社新世纪〔meagre〕The prisoners existed on a meagre diet.囚犯们靠少得可怜的食物维持生存。剑桥高阶〔meagre〕Their food supply is meager.他们的食品供给少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔measly〕I get a measly £4 an hour.我每小时只拿少得可怜的 4 英镑。牛津高阶〔mingy〕All I scored was a mingy three points! 我的全部得分是少得可怜的3分！麦克米伦高阶〔mingy〕He gave us a mingy amount of cheese.他给我们一点少得可怜的干酪。英汉大词典〔mingy〕I hate that restaurant - they give you really mingy portions.我不喜欢那家餐馆——他们给的每份食物都少得可怜。剑桥高阶〔minimal〕He was paid, but only minimally.他拿到了报酬，但少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔miserable〕All I had left was a miserable 50 pence.我唯一剩下的只有少得可怜的50便士。麦克米伦高阶〔miserable〕She only offered me a miserable $20 for my old phone.她只出少得可怜的20美元买我的旧电话。剑桥高阶〔miserable〕They donate a miserable seven million pounds a year.他们一年捐出少得可怜的700万英镑。外研社新世纪〔miserly〕Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.现今，做一名补助金少得可怜、职业前景渺茫的学生非常不容易。柯林斯高阶〔miserly〕Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.现如今的学生, 如果助学金少得可怜而且职业前景又很黯淡, 日子就会很不好过。外研社新世纪〔miserly〕She was left with a miserly amount of compensation.只留给她一笔少得可怜的补偿金。外研社新世纪〔moan〕He was constantly moaning and groaning about the poor pay.他老是在抱怨自己的工资少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔money〕You have to work long hours and the money's terrible! 你得工作很长时间，而钱却少得可怜！朗文当代〔negligible〕His knowledge of English is negligible.他的英语知识少得可怜。英汉大词典〔negligible〕The pay that the soldiers received was negligible.士兵拿到的军饷少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔negligible〕The pay that the soldiers received was negligible.士兵领到的军饷少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔overworked〕We're overworked and underpaid.我们工作繁重, 报酬却少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔paltry〕Student grants these days are paltry.如今的学生助学金少得可怜。剑桥高阶〔pathetically〕Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number.18人的小组中只有5个女性，真是少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔pay〕These workers are paid extremely low wages by their employers.这些工人从雇主那儿拿到的工资少得可怜。韦氏高阶〔pitiable〕Their main grievance was that they had not received their pitiably low pay.他们主要的抱怨是没有拿到那少得可怜的工资。柯林斯高阶〔pitiably〕Their main grievance was that they had not received their pitiably low pay.他们最大的抱怨就是连那少得可怜的工资都没有拿到。外研社新世纪〔pitifully〕Even for full-time courses, student loans are pitifully small.即使上全日制课程, 学生的贷款数额也少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔pitifully〕State help for the mentally handicapped is pitifully inadequate.政府对有智力缺陷者提供的援助少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔pitifully〕The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.农场主支付的报酬少得可怜，还经常是以食物和衣服的形式。柯林斯高阶〔pitiful〕The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful.花费在研究该疾病上的时间和金钱少得可怜。剑桥高阶〔pitiful〕The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.农场主支付的报酬少得可怜, 还经常以衣食替代。外研社新世纪〔pittance〕Sue gets paid an absolute pittance.休得到的报酬少得可怜。麦克米伦高阶〔pocket money〕I work really hard at this job, and all I get paid is pocket money.这份工作我做得非常辛苦，但挣到的钱却少得可怜。剑桥高阶〔precious〕There was precious little evidence.只有少得可怜的证据。外研社新世纪〔ration〕The refugees waited for their meagre / meager rations of soup.难民们等待着少得可怜的配给汤。牛津搭配〔regrettably〕Regrettably few of them, if indeed any, have gone to university.他们之中如有人上大学,那数目也少得可怜。英汉大词典〔relish〕He ate oatmeal bread with a relish of miserable cheese.他吃燕麦面包, 配上少得可怜的奶酪。外研社新世纪〔sadly〕Good restaurants were sadly lacking.好的饭店少得可怜。朗文当代〔scantily〕So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.迄今为止，我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔scant〕The ailments of the world's poor receive scant attention compared to the diseases of the rich.与富人相比较,对世界上穷人疾病的关注少得可怜。英汉大词典〔show〕All of it goes to show how little we know of each other.所有这一切都表明我们之间的相互了解少得可怜。英汉大词典〔small〕The number of women in parliament is pitifully (= extremely) small.议会中女性的人数少得可怜。剑桥高阶〔woefully〕Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate.艺术方面的公共支出少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔wretched〕The pay has always been wretched.薪水总是少得可怜。外研社新世纪〔wretched〕The pay has always been wretched.薪水总是少得可怜。柯林斯高阶〔zero-sum game〕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。柯林斯高阶〔zero-sum game〕They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.他们认为他们之间正在进行一场零和较量, 双方都必须争夺同样少得可怜的资源。外研社新世纪His knowledge of geography is negligible. 他的地理知识少得可怜。译典通I thought the vase would be worth a fortune, but she only offered me a miserable ￡20 for it.我想这只花瓶值很多钱，但她出价只有少得可怜的20英镑。剑桥国际I thought they had pathetically little to say for themselves.我以为他们为自己辩解的话实在少得可怜。剑桥国际My parents’ advice on the subject was pathetically inadequate.我父母在这个问题上给我的忠告少得可怜。剑桥国际Other former captives spoke of pathetically inadequate food rations.其他过去蹲过监狱的人谈到每人那点少得可怜的不够吃的食物定量。剑桥国际She only gave a pitifully small amount of money to the charity.她仅仅向慈善院捐了少得可怜的一笔钱。剑桥国际Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.近来学生助学金少得可怜，许多学生不得不向银行贷款。剑桥国际The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful.在研究这种疾病上花的时间和金钱是少得可怜的。剑桥国际The number of women in parliament is pitifully (= extremely and disappointingly) small.议会中的妇女人数少得可怜。剑桥国际The problem with that restaurant is that they give you such mingy (little) portions of food.那家饭店的问题是他们给的每份食物少得可怜。剑桥国际Unemployment pay is disgracefully low.失业救济金少得可怜。剑桥国际 |
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