pittance

释义

n.少量; 少许; 微薄的工资; 少量的收入

词态变化

复数 :   pittances ;

实用场景例句

The interns toil endlessly for a pittance.

实习生们为一点微薄的工资无休止地辛苦工作。

金山词霸

to offer sb a pittance

付给某人微薄的报酬

金山词霸

to offer sb a pittance

付给某人微薄的酬劳

金山词霸

to live on a pittance

靠微薄的收入生活

金山词霸

NIV You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.

12[和合]你17卖了你的子民, 也不赚利;所得的价值,并不加添你的资财.

期刊摘选

They work all day for a mere pittance.

他们为了一点微薄的收入而整日工作.

期刊摘选

The peasant laboured for a mere pittance.

农民仅仅是为了微不足道的收入而辛苦地劳作.

期刊摘选

The widow must live on her slender pittance.

那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活.

辞典例句

Neither set of lenders was paid more than a pittance.

所有的债权人谁都不比谁多得到一个子儿.

期刊摘选

She could barely survive on the pittance she received as a widow's pension.

她靠着极少的孤寡抚恤金仅够糊口.

期刊摘选

The Communists seized all private property, and employers provided workers with subsidized housing a pittance.

共产党掌握着所有个人财产, 企业向员工提供补贴住房,员工只需缴纳微薄的费用.

期刊摘选

You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.

你卖了你的子民, 也不赚利.所得的价值,并不加添你的资财.

期刊摘选

Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.

她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。

辞典例句

英英释义

Noun

1. an inadequate payment;

"they work all day for a mere pittance"