Pittance
['pɪt(ə)ns] or ['pɪtns]
解釋/意思:
(n.) An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.
(n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation.
芭比整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Allowance (out of pity or charity), dole, allotment, charity, gift.[2]. Modicum, trifle, fragment, small portion, small allowance.
弗洛伊德手打
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Dole, driblet, drop, drain, scantling
ANT:Exuberance, abundance, profusion, lavishment
錄入:罗兰
解釋/意思:
n. an allowance of food or drink: a dole: a very small portion or quantity.
錄入:罗兰
例句/造句/用法:
- Amelia thinks, and thinks, and racks her brain, to find some means of increasing the small pittance upon which the household is starving. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And then she shewed him how, by executing various designs and paintings, she earned a pittance for her support. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She procured plain work; she plaited straw; and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- How the deuce am I to keep up my position in the world upon such a pitiful pittance? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The widow must live on her slender pittance, or on such aid as Jos could give her. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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