pittance
英['p?t(?)ns]
美['p?tns]
- n. 少量；小額施舍；少量津貼
實用場景例句
- to pay sb a pittance
- 付給某人菲薄的工資
牛津詞典
- to work for a pittance
- 為一點小錢而工作
牛津詞典
- Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
- 她的秘書們為一點微薄的工資不知疲倦地工作。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- NIV You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
- 12[和合]你17賣了你的子民, 也不賺利;所得的價值,并不加添你的資財.
期刊摘選
- They work all day for a mere pittance.
- 他們為了一點微薄的收入而整日工作.
期刊摘選
- The peasant laboured for a mere pittance.
- 農民僅僅是為了微不足道的收入而辛苦地勞作.
期刊摘選
- The widow must live on her slender pittance.
- 那寡婦只能靠自己微薄的收入過活.
辭典例句
- Neither set of lenders was paid more than a pittance.
- 所有的債權人誰都不比誰多得到一個子兒.
期刊摘選
- She could barely survive on the pittance she received as a widow's pension.
- 她靠著極少的孤寡撫恤金僅夠糊口.
期刊摘選
- The Communists seized all private property, and employers provided workers with subsidized housing a pittance.
- 共產黨掌握著所有個人財產, 企業向員工提供補貼住房,員工只需繳納微薄的費用.
期刊摘選
- You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
- 你賣了你的子民, 也不賺利.所得的價值,并不加添你的資財.
期刊摘選
- Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
- 她的秘書們為一點微薄的工資不知疲倦地工作。
辭典例句
- to pay sb a pittance
- 付給某人菲薄的工資
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》