| 单词 | paltry |
| 释义 | paltry (once / 1510 pages) adj A paltry amount is so small it's not even worth thinking about. In the novel "Oliver Twist," when Oliver is given a paltry amount of gruel — not nearly enough — he asks, "Please, sir, can I have some more?" Paltry is a laughably small amount — the waiter might chuck a paltry tip in the garbage. If you have only 50 cents in your bank account, it's such a paltry amount, you may as well be broke. It can also mean "not worth considering" or "not important." If you keep breaking your promises, your friends will get sick of your paltry excuses. WORD FAMILYpaltry: paltrier, paltriest, paltrily, paltriness+/paltriness: paltrinesses USAGE EXAMPLESRousey’s fans, on the other hand, must focus their hermeneutic powers on a paltry body of current literature. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Guy, who does not start, elevated Virginia’s paltry 32.3 shooting percentage in the first half to 46.2 percent in the second. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Rehearsal time is paltry, previews don’t exist, and there are generally just a handful of performances. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj contemptibly small in amount a paltry wage Syn measly, miserable meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy deficient in amount or quality or extent 2adj not worth considering he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost Syn negligible, trifling worthless lacking in usefulness or value |
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