Every few days, young thugs steal her paltry takings at knifepoint.

每隔几天，一些小流氓就用刀威迫她交出其微乎其微的钱财。

Although trade between India and Pakistan is paltry, mangoes are permitted to cross the border.

虽然度和巴基斯坦之间的贸易微乎其微，但芒果被允跨越边境。

Paltry support for the unemployed in Britain and America preserves incentives to work but at high human cost.

在英国和美国，失业者微不足道的支持保留了工作动力，但却付出了高昂的人力成本。

To many, this sounded like a default.He offered to pay some creditors a paltry ten cents on the dollar.

多人来说，这个听起来就像违约行为。奥尔先生表示将向债权人支付微薄的利息。

'Not a large sum for a paltry secret, that may be nothing when it's told!

“一个微不足道的秘密来说， 这不是一笔大数目， 当它被告知时， 可能什么都不是！

Last year the number of individual investors in Indian public markets was a paltry 35m.

，度公开市场的个人投资者数量只有区区 3500 万。

Now let us turn to our richest museums, and what a paltry display we behold!

现在让我们转向我们最富有的博物馆， 我们看到的是多么微不足道的展览！

I cannot see anything but this paltry monk, and no Salamander.

除了这个微不足道的僧侣， 我什么也看不见， 也没有火蜥蜴。

And he hadn't even a competent acquaintance with his paltry subject.

他甚至没有他的微不足道的主题有足够的了解。

Many more were paid paltry wages and forced to stump up exploitative recruitment fees.

还有更多人拿到微薄的工资，被迫支付剥削性的招聘费用。

The enemy outnumbers us a paltry three to one. Good odds for any Greek.

他们的兵力不过三倍我们。希腊得胜的机会很大。

Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us?

听着，别以为就你们这几个人能吓退我们。

The amounts are paltry in terms of overall council budgets yet can leave valuable organisations close to the edge.

相整个理事会预算而言，这些金额微不足道，但却可能使一些有价值的组织陷入困境。

Returns for Bridgewater's flagship " Pure Alpha" fund have been pretty paltry for the past 10 or 15 years.

过 10 或 15 里，桥水旗舰基金“Pure Alpha”的回报率相当微不足道。

The man who was to accumulate the first monstrous American fortune, Cornelius Vanderbilt, is accredited with a paltry $1,500,000.

积累美国第一笔巨额财富的人科尼利厄斯范德比尔特 (Cornelius Vanderbilt) 的财富只有微不足道的 1,500,000 美元。

Once the cats had finished their paltry meal, Fireheart got to his paws and padded across the clearing.

当猫们吃完微不足道的食物后，火心站起来，轻轻地走过空地。

Only a small portion of my brain do I employ; only a paltry amount of my muscles do I flex.

我只使用了我大脑的一小部分；我只弯曲了很少的肌肉。

Neither bank can be called highly valued: the stockmarket prices Deutsche at a paltry 24% of net book value and Commerzbank at 31%.

德意志银行股票市场价格不足帐面净值的24%，德国商业银行是31%。

Why had he brought his cheap regard and his lip-born words to her who had nothing paltry to give in exchange?

为什么他要她这个没有什么可换取的卑鄙的东西和他的唇齿留情？

But the emotional price we pay for intimacy can almost seem paltry compared to the physical investments that our bodies make in order to reproduce.

但是与我们的身体为了繁殖所做的身体投资相比，我们为亲密付出的情感代价似乎微不足道。