Paltry
['pɔːltrɪ;'pɒl-] or ['pɔltri]
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.
編輯:内尔达
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Small, little, diminutive, inconsiderable, insignificant, unimportant, petty, miserable, wretched, slight, slender, feeble, trifling, trivial, of no consequence, of no importance.[2]. Base, vile, abject, grovelling, low, mean, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, contemptible.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Mean, shabby, shuffling, trifling, prevaricating, shifty, contemptible,pitiable, vi_e, worthless, beggarly, trashy
ANT:Noble, honorable, candid, conscientious, determined, straightforward,estimable, admirable, worthy, magnificent
錄入:奥维尔
解釋/意思:
adj. mean: vile: worthless.—adv. Pal′trily.—n. Pal′triness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- She was far above the paltry affectation of being confused. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- My love would have been devoted--would have trod your paltry whimpering under foot! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Not a large sum for a paltry secret, that may be nothing when it's told! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Now let us turn to our richest museums, and what a paltry display we behold! 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- All the rest of the produce properly belonged to him too, either as rent for his land, or as profit upon this paltry capital. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The most trivial, paltry, insignificant part; the merest commonplace; not a tolerable speech in the whole. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Why had he brought his cheap regard and his lip-born words to her who had nothing paltry to give in exchange? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The style was very unequal I thought: now paltry and ungraceful, now elevated. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Other people prosper and grow rich, and hold their paltry names high and dry above shame. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- She said a franc was a good thing to have, and she did not care any thing for one paltry kiss, because she had a million left. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Buying me for a few paltry dollars? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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