measly

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈmiːz.li]
• 美式音标 [ˈmiːz.li]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 极少的，少得可怜的（贬义）；患麻疹的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• I like the hours and the people, but the pay is measly.
  我喜欢这里的工作时间和同事，但薪水非常微薄。
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• Natural selection is like a robot that can only climb uphill, even if this leaves it stuck on top of a measly hillock.
  自然选择就如同一个只能上山的机器人，即使这会使它停留在一座微不足道的小山的山顶。
• Those plates had been designed to call attention to the fact that Washington, DC has only one measly non-voting delegate in Congress.
  设计这些牌照的目的是引起大家对华盛顿特区只有少得可怜的一个在国会的非投票代表这一事实的关注。

权威例句

• India has some 545 million cell phones and a measly 80 million Internet users.
  FORBES: Indian Need Drives Global Innovation For IBM
• According to Fortune magazine, the insurance industry posted a measly 2.2% profit margin in 2009.
  FORBES: Price Caps Will Only Cap Availability Of Insurance
• How do you make a product that satisfies their needs on a measly budget?
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词组短语

短语

• pork measly 囊虫猪肉
• measly y 患麻疹的
• measly tapeworm 有钩绦虫;有钩绦虫英语
• Just Measly 可怜兮兮
• measly pork 含囊虫猪肉;米猪肉

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• too small in size or amount, or not enough

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate.

专业释义

生物学

• 有囊尾蚴的；有米珠的；患旋毛虫病的

医药科学

• 患麻疹的；患风疹的；麻疹似的；风疹似的
• 患麻疹的
• 小得可怜的