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单词 paltry
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paltry

adjective
/ˈpɔːltri/
/ˈpɔːltri/
[usually before noun]
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  1. (of an amount) too small to be considered as important or useful synonym meagre
    • This account offers a paltry 1 per cent return on your investment.
    • a paltry sum
    • They worked long hours for paltry wages.
  2. having no value or useful qualities
    • a paltry gesture
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: apparently based on dialect pelt ‘rubbish, especially rags’; compare with Low German paltrig ‘ragged’.
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