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1·Their wages have been cut in half to a measly $410 a month.

他们的工资已经被削减一半，每月只有少得可怜的410美元。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·How else could this instrument make so much out of barely three dozen measly morsels of sound?

仅仅采用三十多个简单的音节，语言究竟是如何创造出这么多词句呢？

3·Dominic, the show-off of the group, picked up one measly pear, put it on top of his snout, and performed a balancing act as we made our way back to the cave.

多米尼克，队伍里最爱耍酷的家伙，拿起一个很小的梨子，把梨子顶在鼻子上玩找平衡的杂耍，在我们回山洞的路上捣腾个没完。

4·What a measly birthday present!

多么小气的生日礼物哇！

5·Four hours later-four measly hours!

四个小时后——短短四个小时！

6·It had grown only four measly shoots!

大蒜头上还只得三四茎嫩芽！

7·He gave us measly little portions of cake.

他给了我们少得可怜的一点蛋糕。

8·Why are women a measly 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs?

为什么财富500强的CEO只有3%的女性？

9·You mean saving some measly ants means saving lives?

你说我救了一些小蚂蚁就是救了许多生命？

10·After all, the words heel and hell only differ by one measly letter.

毕竟，鞋跟与地狱一词仅仅相差一个字母。

少得可怜的

1·Those plates had been designed to call attention to the fact that Washington, DC has only one measly non-voting delegate in Congress.

设计这些牌照的目的是引起大家对华盛顿特区只有少得可怜的一个在国会的非投票代表这一事实的关注。

2·On July 2nd gloomy figures showed that the private sector created only a measly 83, 000 jobs in June, while the public sector shed jobs as temporary census-workers were laid off.

7月2日那令人沮丧的数字显示，私人行业在6月份仅仅创造了少得可怜的83,000个就业岗位，而公共行业还削减了就业机会，因为好些临时的人口普查工人下岗了。