paltry
/ˈpɔltɹi/ 形容词 C2中文： 无价值
- Trashy, trivial, of little value. · This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.· She made some paltry excuse and left.
- Of little monetary worth. · Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?· Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.
- Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. · a paltry coward
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“Eliza Bennet,” said Miss Bingley, when the door was closed on her, “is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex by undervaluing their own; and with many men, I daresay, it succeeds; but, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art.”
“You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this.
Danglars has sacrificed them to the selfish consideration of gaining some thousands of paltry francs.
“Oh, merely a paltry fifty louis.”
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