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1·He received a paltry annuity of $100.

他收到了微不足道的100美元年金。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·This account offers a paltry 1% return on your investment.

这个账户给你投资的回报仅是微不足道的1%。《牛津词典》

3·Ye paltry cowards, and arm yourselves and guard the doors, whilst I send one to fetch the watch!

你们这些没用的懦夫，武装起来，守住那些门，我派一个人去叫卫兵！

4·Oracle must chuckle every time an open-source operating system company reports its paltry profits or losses.

每当一家开源操作系统公司报告其微薄的利润或亏损时，甲骨文公司肯定会窃笑。

5·Only paltry sums are available for excavating and even less is available for publishing the results and preserving the sites once excavated.

只有很少的钱可以支持挖掘工作，而可以用来公布结果和保存曾经被挖掘的遗址的钱就更少了。

6·Turnout was a paltry 47.7%.

本次大选投票率仅为47.7%。

7·He'll be happy to get a paltry bonus.

他会很高兴地接受一份微薄的奖金。

8·I suspect paltry pay was a big factor too.

我怀疑罚款额太低也是一个原因。

9·Shareholders should lose their paltry remaining equity.

股东应减少他们所持股权。

10·The IIF expects that flows will dwindle to a paltry $165 billion this year.

国际金融协会(IIF)预计，今年私人资本的净流入将减少到区区1650以美金。

琐碎的

1·We charged quite a lot for our software—about $140 per user per month—but it was at least a year before our revenues would have covered even our paltry costs.

即使你对自己开发的软件收费很高--每个用户每月140美元左右，这样的价码也至少要一年的收入才仅能做到抵付日常琐碎的支出。