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

• 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。
• 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。
• And how do these puny pods protect your face?
  这些小小豆荚如何保护你的肌肤呢？
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。