puny

英 [ˈpjuːni]

美 [ˈpjuːni]

adj.  弱小的; 孱弱的; 不起眼的; 可怜的; 微不足道的

比较级：punier　最高级：puniest　

GRE

BNC.19445 / COCA.15824

牛津词典

adj.

• 弱小的；孱弱的
  small and weak
  1. The lamb was a puny little thing.
     羊羔瘦小孱弱。
• 不起眼的；可怜的；微不足道的
  not very impressive
  1. They laughed at my puny efforts.
     他们嘲笑我微不足道的努力。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 弱小的；微弱的
  Someone or something that ispunyis very small or weak.
  1. ...a puny, bespectacled youth...
     戴眼镜的瘦弱青年
  2. The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny.
     中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。

英英释义

adj

• (used especially of persons) of inferior size
  Synonym:runtyshrimpy
• inferior in strength or significance
  1. a puny physique
  2. puny excuses

双语例句

• What can puny human strength take by force out of the hand of Omnipotence?
  微弱的人们能用武力从全能者的手中夺取祝福么？
• Although we are puny and insignificant on the scale of the cosmos, this makes us in a sense the lords of creation.
  虽然相对于宇宙而言，我们显得那样卑微渺小、微不足道，但是我们却在某种意义上充当了造物主的角色。
• Phantom: You puny pathetic thing! I'll step on you like an ant!
  蜘蛛：你这个可怜虫！我将会像踩扁一只蚂蚁一样踩扁你！
• As such, these puny foraminifera serve as very distinct tags of when the K-T extinction event started.
  因此，当K-T灭绝事件开始时这些微小的有孔虫充当十分鲜明的标签。
• This might show his followers how puny and weak was his power and how empty their flattery.
  也许，这能使他的朝臣们看明白他的力量是多么渺小，多么微不足道，而他们的恭维又是多么无聊。
• At home, fierce competition among thousands of producers and brands translates into puny market shares and slim profits.
  在中国本土，数千家生产商和品牌之间的激烈竞争，导致各自只能获得极小的市场份额和微薄的利润。
• Offshore accounts offered puny rates of interest because banks could do so little with the money.
  境外账户的利率小的可怜，因为银行拿这些人民币一点用都没有。
• Once there was a puny little concert violinist named Rudolf, who lived in Sweden.
  从前在瑞典，有一身材瘦弱矮小的小提琴手，名叫鲁道夫。
• If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
  如果他以他那软弱的身心的整个力量爱她八年，也抵不上我一天的爱。
• Its stimulus measures, once derided as puny, have delivered a bigger bang for the buck than anyone expected.
  德国的经济刺激措施曾被嘲笑为微不足道，但其影响却超出了所有人的预期。