\\\"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost\\\"
\\\"piffling efforts\\\"
\\\"a trifling matter\\\"
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\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
His influence on this matter is paltry. 他對這件事的影響是微不足道的。
This is a paltry sum to pay for such a masterpiece. 對這樣一部杰作只付這么一點錢, 未免太少了。
It\\\'s paltry to do that job. 做這件工作是毫無價值的。
How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods? 你怎么能故意編造出這么卑鄙的謊話?
常用短語
And now he looked paltry and insignificant.
出自：D. H. Lawrence
The French premier did not know what a paltry air force America had.