美[?p?ltri] 1 . They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
他們在選舉中慘敗，僅獲得微不足道的3個席位。
來自柯林斯例句
2 . They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
他們明白他們正處于一場零和博弈中，雙方必須針鋒相對，爭奪那少得可憐的資源。
來自柯林斯例句
3 . The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.
那些家長對家里雞毛蒜皮的小事沒什么興趣。
來自辭典例句
4 . How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods?
你怎么能故意編造出這么卑鄙的謊話?
來自辭典例句
5 . I'm getting angry; and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours.
我要生氣了, 如果你不能振作你那點元氣.
來自辭典例句
1.not worth considering;
he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
2.contemptibly small in amount;
a measly tip
