measly
发音
英 [ˈmiːzli]
美 [ˈmiːzli]
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- adj.
- 患麻疹的
- 少得可怜的，微不足道的。
单词词源
measly 患麻疹的，很小的，微不足道的
来自measle,麻疹，-y,形容词后缀。即患麻疹的，俚语义可怜的，可鄙视的，或很小的，微不足道的等。
双语例句
- 1. As the graph below shows , those budgets are often quite measly .
- 正如下表显示，这些预算相当可怜。
- 2. But most clients are not ready for the measly returns .
- 但多数客户都不愿获得微薄的回报。
- 3. But growth is measly , below even the 1.5 % the government forecast .
- 发展还是很缓慢，增长率甚至比政府预测的1.5%还要低。
- 4. Averaged over the past four decades , the net profit margin of the world 's airlines , taken together , has been a measly 0.1 % .
- 根据过去四十年的平均情况，世界范围内航空公司的净利润，汇聚到一块，是微不足道的0.1%。
- 5. He estimates that local stock markets currently make up , by value , a measly 1 per cent of the combined value of the world 's equities ( as measured by the msci index ) yet china already comprises 6.9 per cent of global gdp .
- 他估计，按市值计算，中国股市目前仅占全球的1%（按摩根士丹利资本国际指数（msci）衡量），可中国在全球gdp中所占的比例却已达到6.9%。