英语词汇“derisory”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

too little money► paltry

: paltry sum/amount/pay/value etc such a small amount, sum etc that it is insulting to the people it is paid to: · Club owners in Kansas City paid paltry wages to jazz musicians but gave them steady work.· Last year workers were offered a paltry raise of only one percent.a paltry £1/$5 etc: · Many of the workers in the factory received a paltry $2 a day.

► derisory

formal, especially written a derisory amount of money that you are offered or paid is so small that it is not worth considering seriously: · Government increases in health expenditure are derisory.a derisory £10/$100/10% etc: · The company's profits increased 35%, but they've only offered a derisory 2.5% pay increase.

► pittance

an extremely small amount of money, especially when you think the people who are being paid it are being treated unfairly: · They expect their staff to work hard, but the wages they pay are a pittance.a mere/absolute pittance: · In the poorest parts of the country, children work 12-hour days for a mere pittance.

► peanuts

informal a surprisingly small amount of money - use this when you are comparing two prices or amounts: · The workers get paid peanuts.· He's got so much money, $500 is just peanuts to him.

单词	derisory
释义	derisoryde‧ri‧so‧ry /dɪˈraɪsəri/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES derisory comments Government increases in health expenditure are derisory. The company's profits increased 35%, but they've only offered a derisory 2.5% pay increase. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All my attention focused on the commissioning fee, which I regarded as derisory. And only a derisory 3% said they would want to live in Oxford after the war. First, a derisory vote, after a contest creating a lot of thoroughly unhelpful aggravation. I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff. In last week's case Jackson was fined a derisory £900 on three charges involving an Austin Montego. That is a derisory total for a committee monitoring agreements on tobacco advertising and sponsorship. The number of peasant members was derisory. This crude critical ploy is derisory. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatortoo little money► paltry : paltry sum/amount/pay/value etc such a small amount, sum etc that it is insulting to the people it is paid to: · Club owners in Kansas City paid paltry wages to jazz musicians but gave them steady work.· Last year workers were offered a paltry raise of only one percent.a paltry £1/$5 etc: · Many of the workers in the factory received a paltry $2 a day. ► derisory formal, especially written a derisory amount of money that you are offered or paid is so small that it is not worth considering seriously: · Government increases in health expenditure are derisory.a derisory £10/$100/10% etc: · The company's profits increased 35%, but they've only offered a derisory 2.5% pay increase. ► pittance an extremely small amount of money, especially when you think the people who are being paid it are being treated unfairly: · They expect their staff to work hard, but the wages they pay are a pittance.a mere/absolute pittance: · In the poorest parts of the country, children work 12-hour days for a mere pittance. ► peanuts informal a surprisingly small amount of money - use this when you are comparing two prices or amounts: · The workers get paid peanuts.· He's got so much money, $500 is just peanuts to him. 1an amount of money that is derisory is so small that it is not worth considering seriously: Unions described the pay offer as derisory.2derisive
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