pittance
英 ['pɪt(ə)ns]
美['pɪtns]
- n. 少量；小额施舍；少量津贴
实用场景例句
- to pay sb a pittance
- 付给某人菲薄的工资
牛津词典
- to work for a pittance
- 为一点小钱而工作
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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
- to pay sb a pittance
- 付给某人菲薄的工资
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》