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。
• Yes, you Asians and the Jews have taken up all the IQ points in the world, and the rest of us are lucky to be endowed with the puny remaining IQ's.
  是的，你们亚洲人和犹太人拥有世上几乎所有的智商，我们其他人则很幸运地被赐予余下智商中的一丁点儿。
• My car only has a puny little engine.
  我的汽车只有一只功率很小的引擎。
• Its stimulus measures, once derided as puny, have delivered a bigger bang for the buck than anyone expected.
  德国的经济刺激措施曾被嘲笑为微不足道，但其影响却超出了所有人的预期。
• 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。
• 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？
• This puny mortal will be no problem.
  对付这个凡人，会顺利的。
• Once there was a puny little concert violinist named Rudolf, who lived in Sweden.
  从前在瑞典，有一身材瘦弱矮小的小提琴手，名叫鲁道夫。
• 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。
• I may even spare your puny little life.
  我说不定会饶了你这条小命。