paltry

• Nevertheless i am paltry giving up making a good showing , yet to write you this mail
  可是我却偏偏这么不争气，还给你写邮件。
• And that insipid , paltry creature attending her from duty and humanity
  而那个没有精神的，卑鄙的东西还出于责任和仁爱来侍候她！
• Compared with some paltry gains , these prices are unjustified and immoral
  与一些微不足道的所得相比，付出的代价太大，而且是不道德的。
• I ll pit him against that paltry creature , unless it bestir itself briskly
  我要使哈里顿反对那个不中用的东西，除非他赶快发奋振作起来。
• So far , the countries that opted to withhold taxes have remitted a paltry euro210m
  迄今为止，选择扣除预扣税款的国家仅免征了微不足道的2 . 1亿欧元税款。
• He was dissatisfied with mr . butler s career . there was something paltry about it , after all
  他对巴特勒先生的事业不满意，总觉得其中有些东西不足为训。
• By one estimate , the state ' s direct income last year from mining was a paltry $ 32m
  根据一项估计，政府从采矿业获得的直接收益只是微不足道的3200万美元。
• Even if these initiatives deliver a paltry 5 % return , fred will still make a bundle
  即使这些投资只能取得微不足道的5 %的收益率，无用先生仍然有大笔金钱进账。
• I d never get beyond a clerkship , and how could you and i be happy on the paltry earnings of a clerk
  我最多能做个店员。靠店员邵几个破钱你跟我怎么能快活呢。
• Martin thought ; you can travel in a pullman while i starve for the paltry five dollars you owe me
  你倒在坐豪华列车旅行，我却在为你们欠我的那可怜的五块钱挨饿。