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

• You'll never be able to lift that heavy box with your puny muscles.
  你以这样瘦弱的肌肉是永远举不起那只沉重的箱子的。
• 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。
• Puny though he looked, he was as brave as a lion.
  虽然他看上去弱小，但却十分勇敢。
• 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。
• My car only has a puny little engine.
  我的汽车只有一只功率很小的引擎。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our intention is to rescue the puny kids who could have their minds twisted due to parents like yourself.
  救助弱小是我们的本意，我们不希望未成年人在你这样的父母羽翼下扭曲成长。
• It is remarkable that the stature of this population should have diminished in the last fifty years and the populace of the suburbs is still more puny than at the time of the Revolution.
  五十年来，人民的材又缩小了，这是值得注意的，巴黎四郊的人民，比革命前更矮小了。
• This puny mortal will be no problem.
  对付这个凡人，会顺利的。