Paltry

(superl.) Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

编辑:内尔达

• She was far above the paltry affectation of being confused. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• My love would have been devoted--would have trod your paltry whimpering under foot! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Not a large sum for a paltry secret, that may be nothing when it's told! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Now let us turn to our richest museums, and what a paltry display we behold! 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• All the rest of the produce properly belonged to him too, either as rent for his land, or as profit upon this paltry capital. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The most trivial, paltry, insignificant part; the merest commonplace; not a tolerable speech in the whole. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Why had he brought his cheap regard and his lip-born words to her who had nothing paltry to give in exchange? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The style was very unequal I thought: now paltry and ungraceful, now elevated. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Other people prosper and grow rich, and hold their paltry names high and dry above shame. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• She said a franc was a good thing to have, and she did not care any thing for one paltry kiss, because she had a million left. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Buying me for a few paltry dollars? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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