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

• And how do these puny pods protect your face?
  这些小小豆荚如何保护你的肌肤呢？
• Phantom: You puny pathetic thing! I'll step on you like an ant!
  蜘蛛：你这个可怜虫！我将会像踩扁一只蚂蚁一样踩扁你！
• At home, fierce competition among thousands of producers and brands translates into puny market shares and slim profits.
  在中国本土，数千家生产商和品牌之间的激烈竞争，导致各自只能获得极小的市场份额和微薄的利润。
• Not anything that we puny humans could ever do.
  没有任何我们这样微不足道的人类曾经做过的事情。
• Looking at these skyscrapers and these lighted windows in a row at night, one gets more and more conceited about the power of human civilization and forgets what puny little creatures human beings are.
  一个人看见这些摩天楼和夜间的一列有灯光的窗户时，对于人类文明的力量越发感到骄傲而自负，而忘记人类是多么孱弱而渺小的动物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。