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

pittance

/ˈpɪt(ə)ns

noun

1 [usually in singular] A very small or inadequate amount of money: he paid his workers a pittance...

It does give some money - a pittance - to some boys and girls.
So I'll have at least a tiny pittance of spending money for a few days, before it runs out again.
Two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, say they'll leave what amounts to a pittance to their children.

Synonyms

a very small amount, a tiny amount, an insufficient amount, next to nothing, very little

informal peanuts, chicken feed, slave wages, a shoestring

North American informal chump change

2 historical A pious bequest to a religious house or order to provide extra food and wine at particular festivals, or on the anniversary of the benefactor’s death.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French pitance, from medieval Latin pitantia, from Latin pietas 'pity'.

pity from Middle English:
Latin pius meant ‘pious’(Late Middle English) but had a wider range of meanings than the word does in modern English, to include a wide range of moral qualities from being dutiful to your parents to being loyal, affectionate, compassionate, and kind. The Latin noun was pietas, and this, via French, became both pity and piety (originally used in the same sense as ‘pity’), both Middle English. Pietas also developed a medieval Latin form pitantia, which meant ‘a charitable donation’ and the meagre daily dole of food given out to monks and also to paupers. From this comes Middle English pittance.

单词	pittance
释义	pittance /ˈpɪt(ə)ns / noun 1 [usually in singular] A very small or inadequate amount of money: he paid his workers a pittance... It does give some money - a pittance - to some boys and girls. So I'll have at least a tiny pittance of spending money for a few days, before it runs out again. Two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, say they'll leave what amounts to a pittance to their children. Synonyms a very small amount, a tiny amount, an insufficient amount, next to nothing, very little informal peanuts, chicken feed, slave wages, a shoestring North American informal chump change 2 historical A pious bequest to a religious house or order to provide extra food and wine at particular festivals, or on the anniversary of the benefactor’s death. Origin Middle English: from Old French pitance, from medieval Latin pitantia, from Latin pietas 'pity'. pity from Middle English: Latin pius meant ‘pious’(Late Middle English) but had a wider range of meanings than the word does in modern English, to include a wide range of moral qualities from being dutiful to your parents to being loyal, affectionate, compassionate, and kind. The Latin noun was pietas, and this, via French, became both pity and piety (originally used in the same sense as ‘pity’), both Middle English. Pietas also developed a medieval Latin form pitantia, which meant ‘a charitable donation’ and the meagre daily dole of food given out to monks and also to paupers. From this comes Middle English pittance. Rhymes acquittance, admittance, intermittence, quittance, remittance
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