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

• 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。
• 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。
• My car only has a puny little engine.
  我的汽车只有一只功率很小的引擎。
• 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。
• Although we are puny and insignificant on the scale of the cosmos, this makes us in a sense the lords of creation.
  虽然相对于宇宙而言，我们显得那样卑微渺小、微不足道，但是我们却在某种意义上充当了造物主的角色。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This might show his followers how puny and weak was his power and how empty their flattery.
  也许，这能使他的朝臣们看明白他的力量是多么渺小，多么微不足道，而他们的恭维又是多么无聊。