a measly tip ; the company donated a miserable $ 100 for flood relief ; a paltry wage ; almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans .微不足道的小费;这家公司为洪水救济捐出了微不足道的100美元;微薄的薪水;几乎耗尽了他那微不足道的积蓄。
+paltry falsehoods
1 . 卑鄙的谎话
How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods ?, 你怎么能故意编造出这么卑鄙的谎话?
+is paltry
1 . 是微不足道
his influence on this matter is paltry ., 他对这件事的影响是微不足道的.
+a paltry
1 . 一件废物
An aged man is but a paltry thing ., 一个老人不过是一件废物.
2 . 一个微不足道
This is a paltry sum to pay for such a masterpiece ., 这是一个微不足道的款项来支付这样的杰作.