measly
英 [ˈmiːzli]
美 [ˈmiːzli]
adj. 很小的; 很少的; 不足的
BNC.33793 / COCA.23217
牛津词典
adj.
- 很小的;很少的;不足的
very small in size or quantity; not enough- I get a measly £4 an hour.
我每小时只拿少得可怜的4英镑。
- I get a measly £4 an hour.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (数目、数量、大小)微不足道的,少得可怜的
If you describe an amount, quantity, or size asmeasly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate.- The average British bathroom measures a measly 3.5 square metres.
英国人的卫生间平均只有区区3.5平方米。 - ...a measly twelve-year-old like me.
像我这样一个12岁的小可怜
- The average British bathroom measures a measly 3.5 square metres.
英英释义
adj
- contemptibly small in amount
- a measly tip
- the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
- a paltry wage
- almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans
双语例句
- Ah Ping ( Chen Li Ping) is married to a wimpy man who draws a measly salary.
阿萍(陈莉萍)的丈夫是个软弱无能的人,收入微薄。 - Averaged over the past four decades, the net profit margin of the world's airlines, taken together, has been a measly 0.1%.
过去的四十年中,把全球航空公司算在一起,平均的总净利润率只有极其微薄的0.1%。 - That's all you boys got? One measly brother?
那就是你们的兄弟?一个得麻疹的兄弟? - On the day that China strengthened its claim to be the world's second-biggest economy, Japan released second-quarter figures showing growth of a measly 0.1 per cent.
在中国更有底气宣称成为世界第二大经济体当日,日本公布了区区0.1%的第二季度增长数据。 - One measly mango, that's all we've had from this tree.
一个微不足道的芒果,那就是我们从这棵树上所收获的一切。 - The Tower Sleep Ambassador is a mattress, and quite a measly one at that.
TowerSleepAmbassador是一个床垫,而且是一个相当拙劣的床垫。 - Think a measly recommendation would've gotten me in?
一封蹩脚的介绍信差点要我的命。 - Today, agriculture employs about 60 per cent of the workforce but accounts for a measly one-fifth of national output.
目前,印度有60%的劳动力在农业部门工作,但在国民产出中所占比例只有少得可怜的五分之一。 - Chinese citizens, whose consumption accounts for a measly third of national output – against 70 per cent in the US – could certainly spend more.
中国人肯定可以进行更多的消费,他们的消费仅占国民产出的三分之一(美国的这一比例则为70%)。 - And they're on our asses for a measly$ 8000.
他们该给我们八千元。