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

• Morbo: Presenting puny human number one, puny human number two and Morbo's good friend Richard Nixon.
  莫尔博：现在出现的是弱小人类一号，弱小人类二号和莫尔博的好朋友理查德·尼克松。
• If he had been small or puny or sickly or misshapen he would've been discarded.
  如果他很瘦小或者羸弱或者多病或者畸形，他就会被丢弃。
• That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players.
  你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。
• I may even spare your puny little life.
  我说不定会饶了你这条小命。
• As you have recognized our superiority, we will let your puny civilization survive for the moment.
  既然你已经承认我们的优越性，我想我们会暂时饶你们这次等文明一条狗命的。
• Have grandiose aims but puny abilities, great ambition but little talent.
  这些人有一颗硕大的头颅和瘦小的身子。
• 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。
• So that puny little pressure ends up being meters high.
  所以如此小的压强，导致了数米高的水柱。
• This puny mortal will be no problem.
  对付这个凡人，会顺利的。
• 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。