pittance

英['pɪtns] 美['pɪtns]
  • n. 少量;少量津贴;微薄的工资
GRE
    n. (名词)
    1. 少量的津贴
    2. 很少数量
    3. 微薄的工资
    4. 极少的报酬
    5. 少量食物
    6. 小额施舍
    7. 少许
    8. 少量的收入
    9. 一点点

英英释义

Noun:
  1. an inadequate payment;

    "they work all day for a mere pittance"

1. to pay sb a pittance
付给某人菲薄的工资

来自《权威词典》

2. Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。

来自辞典例句

3. The widow must live on her slender pittance.
那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活.

来自辞典例句

4. Neither set of lenders was paid more than a pittance.
所有的债权人谁都不比谁多得到一个子儿.

来自互联网

5. You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
你卖了你的子民, 也不赚利.所得的价值,并不加添你的资财.

来自互联网

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. We aren't talking a pittance here.
      这可不是一笔小数目。
    2. She could barely survive on the pittance she received as a widow's pension.
      她靠着极少的孤寡抚恤金仅够糊口.
    3. Lawrence fags away for a pittance.
      劳伦斯为了一点微薄的收入而辛苦地工作。
    4. The widow must live on her slender pittance.
      那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。

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