pittance
英 ['p?t(?)ns]
美['p?tns]
- n. 少量；小額施舍；少量津貼
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?pittances;
助記提示
1. pittance (原指出家人的口糧，一般由別人出于pity而捐贈)。
中文詞源
pittance 微薄的工資
來自古法語pitance,可憐，同情，施舍，詞源同pity.-ance,名詞后綴。引申詞義微薄的工資。
英文詞源
- pittance
- pittance: see pity
- pittance (n.)
- c. 1200, "pious donation to a religious house or order to provide extra food; the extra food provided," also "a small portion, scanty rations," from Old French pitance "pity, mercy, compassion; refreshment, nourishment; portion of food allowed a monk or poor person by a pious bequest," apparently literally "pity," from pitié (see pity). Meaning "small amount, portion" first recorded 1560s.
雙語例句
- 1. to pay sb a pittance
- 付給某人菲薄的工資
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
- 她的秘書們?yōu)橐稽c微薄的工資不知疲倦地工作。
來自辭典例句
- 3. The widow must live on her slender pittance.
- 那寡婦只能靠自己微薄的收入過活.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Neither set of lenders was paid more than a pittance.
- 所有的債權(quán)人誰都不比誰多得到一個子兒.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
- 你賣了你的子民, 也不賺利.所得的價值,并不加添你的資財.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)