paltry

There are lots and lots of cabmen as you know, hay is dear, and folks are paltry nowadays and always contriving to go by tram.

赶马车的，您知道，多得数不清，草料还挺贵，坐车的又小器，老是打算去坐公共马车。

It was inexplicable that she had been subject to a man so paltry in mind, so despicable in character.

她居然一直屈从于一个灵魂如此低贱，性格如此平庸的男人，实在令人费解。

It is paltry consolation that such a strike, taking out a city or two, would not cause the devastation of a nuclear war between superpowers.

一个微不足道的安慰就是这样的袭击，能毁灭一两个城市，但不会引起超级大国之间的核战争的大毁灭。

Keep the money in the bank and the returns could be paltry and the capital eroded by inflation.

把钱存在银行，那点儿利息微不足道而且通货膨胀让资产缩水。

Analysts say the increase in demand looks especially paltry considering that prices at the pump are down more than $1 from a year ago.

分析师们认为，考虑到加油站的价格较上年同期下降了逾1美元，需求的增加就更显得微不足道了。

Even if high-speed rail were to double the number of riders, its market share would be paltry compared to air travel.

即便高铁将之翻倍，其市场份额将空中旅行相比微不足道。

And yet the categories of journalism and the stereotypes of normal conversation are paltry when it comes to predicting a life course.

但是，各类新闻媒体和刻板的普通闲谈在预测人们的生活轨迹时，都显得那么微不足道。

The United States spends far more on education than any other nation, with paltry results.

美国在教育方面的投资比任何其他国家都高，而结果甚微。

The bully may enjoy his ill-gotten gains for a few paltry years in this world, but he will suffer tenfold in the next.

暴徒在有生之年可以享受其掠夺的成果，但在来世将遭受到十倍的痛苦。

As China Unicom's head man in Europe, Mr So was paid a paltry Chinese salary plus a small cost-of-living allowance.

做为中国联通在欧洲分部的头儿，苏先生靠着微薄的工资和只够生活基本费用的津贴过日子。

what is bright are not necessarily great and the works of those who depict the dark are not necessarily paltry.

歌颂光明者其作品未必伟大，刻画黑暗者其作品未必渺小。

Yet the stakes at Time Warner, which had a paltry $22bn in debt, were comparatively low.

然而，时代华纳的风险相对较低，该公司仅有220亿美元的负债。

Compared with its level of activity in the country, the bank's tax bill looks paltry.

与其在英国的经营活动水平相比，这家银行的税单看起来微不足道。

I do not believe that Baal and Tyrael have come to fight over a paltry few souls. They are here to settle a conflict as old as time itself.

我不相信巴尔和泰瑞尔只是为了这些渺小的灵魂而在这边奋战不休，他们来此是为了和以前一样，解决一些未了的纷争。

Some central banks, unimpressed with the paltry interest rates on offer, may have taken the decision not to lend their gold at all.

某些国家的央行由于对能够获得的微不足道的利率不满意，可能决定干脆不出借它们的黄金了。

Today's high unemployment, sluggish growth, paltry levels of capital investment and bickering over the debt ceiling are of a piece.

如今的美国，失业率高企、经济增长乏力、资本投资微不足道、且在债务上限问题争论不休，这些问题都环环相扣。

She was earning a paltry salary as a merchandiser in a renowned departmental store.

她曾在一家有声誉的百货商店当推销员，领微薄的薪水。

The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.

这个穷画家钱卖他的画微薄的。

It certainly didn't hurt the Lakers that they got to shoot 37 free throws compared to a paltry 16 for the Trail Blazers.

这当然没有影响到湖人，他们得到了37次罚球，于此相比开拓者拿到的16个罚球微不足道。

These paltry and essential belongings, these relative truths are the only ones to stir me.

这些细微却紧要的财产，这些与之关联的真实，才是唯一让我激动之物。