pittance
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['pɪt(ə)ns]
- 美式音标 [ˈpɪt̬.əns]
- 国际音标 ['pitəns]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.少量;少量津貼;微薄的工資
英汉例句
- to pay sb a pittance
付給某人菲薄的工資 - Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
她的秘書們爲一點微薄的工資不知疲倦地工作。 - The widow must live on her slender pittance.
那寡婦衹能靠自己微薄的收入過活. - to pay sb a pittance
付給某人菲薄的工資 - The widow must live on her slender pittance.
那寡婦衹能靠自己微薄的收入過活.
英英字典
- a very small amount of money, especially money received as payment, income, or a present
- If you say that you receive a pittance, you are emphasizing that you get only a very small amount of money, probably not as much as you think you deserve.