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

• 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。
• Gouki: I need no help from a puny little girl such as yourself!
  豪鬼：我不需要得到一个像你这样微不足道的小女孩的帮助！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What can puny human strength take by force out of the hand of Omnipotence?
  微弱的人们能用武力从全能者的手中夺取祝福么？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。