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

• 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。
• And how do these puny pods protect your face?
  这些小小豆荚如何保护你的肌肤呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I may even spare your puny little life.
  我说不定会饶了你这条小命。
• 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。
• If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
  如果他以他那软弱的身心的整个力量爱她八年，也抵不上我一天的爱。
• 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。
• 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。