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His knowledge of geography is negligible.他的地理知识少得可怜。These workers are paid extremely low wages by their employers.这些工人从雇主那儿拿到的工资少得可怜。Student grants these days are paltry.如今的学生助学金少得可怜。Ten years ago, you could count the Korean restaurants in this city on the fingers of one hand.十年前这个城市里的韩国餐馆少得可怜。The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.农场主支付的报酬少得可怜，还经常以衣食替代。There are still lamentably few women surgeons.女外科医生依然少得可怜。She was left with a miserly amount of compensation.只留给她一笔少得可怜的补偿金。I work really hard at this job, and all I get paid is pocket money.这份工作我做得非常辛苦，但挣到的钱却少得可怜。Sales have increased by a paltry two percent.销售量增长了少得可怜的百分之二。We're overworked and underpaid.我们工作繁重，报酬却少得可怜。His knowledge of English is negligible.他的英语知识少得可怜。State help for the mentally handicapped is pitifully inadequate.政府对有智力缺陷者提供的援助少得可怜。The refugees waited for their meagre / meager rations of soup.难民们等待着少得可怜的配给汤。Their food supply is meager.他们的食品供给少得可怜。He gave us a mingy amount of cheese.他给我们一点少得可怜的干酪。They expect their staff to work hard, but the wages they pay are a pittance.他们希望员工努力工作，但他们支付的工资却少得可怜。Club owners in Kansas City paid paltry wages to jazz musicians but gave them steady work.堪萨斯市的俱乐部老板付给爵士乐手的工资少得可怜，但工作倒是稳定的。His salary was pitifully inadequate for the needs of his growing family.他的工资少得可怜，不够养活添丁增口的家庭。The ailments of the world's poor receive scant attention compared to the diseases of the rich.与富人相比较，对世界上穷人疾病的关注少得可怜。She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money.在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。He was constantly moaning and groaning about the poor pay.他老是在抱怨自己的工资少得可怜。The pay that the soldiers received was negligible.士兵领到的军饷少得可怜。The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.农场主支付的报酬少得可怜，还经常是以食物和衣服的形式。They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.他们明白他们正处于一场零和博弈中，双方必须针锋相对，争夺那少得可怜的资源。The soup consisted of little bits of chicken awash in a tasteless broth.这碗汤就是清汤加上漂在上面的几片少得可怜的鸡肉。All of it goes to show how little we know of each other.所有这一切都表明我们之间的相互了解少得可怜。The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful.花费在研究该疾病上的时间和金钱少得可怜。Sue gets paid an absolute pittance.休得到的报酬少得可怜。A spokeswoman described the aid for the refugees as too little, too late.女发言人说对难民的援助少得可怜，而且也不及时。Even for full-time courses, student loans are pitifully small.即使上全日制课程，学生的贷款数额也少得可怜。The pay has always been wretched.薪水总是少得可怜。Good restaurants were sadly lacking.好的饭店少得可怜。We were awarded a derisory sum.我们得到的奖金少得可怜。She was being paid a derisory amount of money.她的薪水少得可怜。He ate oatmeal bread with a relish of miserable cheese.他吃燕麦面包，配上少得可怜的奶酪。I hate that restaurant - they give you really mingy portions.我不喜欢那家餐馆——他们给的每份食物都少得可怜。Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.现今，做一名补助金少得可怜、职业前景渺茫的学生非常不容易。Their main grievance was that they had not received their pitiably low pay.他们主要的抱怨是没有拿到那少得可怜的工资。So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.迄今为止，我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。There was precious little evidence.只有少得可怜的证据。 |