pittance

n.少量；少许；微薄的工资；少量的收入

noun

1. 微薄的工资；极少的报酬
   a very small amount of money that sb receives, for example as a wage, and that is hardly enough to live on
   1. to pay sb a pittance
      付给某人菲薄的工资
   2. to work for a pittance
      为一点小钱而工作

n. 少量；小额施舍；少量津贴

名词复数形式:pittances

1. Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
   她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。
2. The plants will each produce only about 10 million gallons a year& a pittance compared to gasoline demand.
   每个工厂仅生产约1000万加仑汽油，较之汽油需求可谓微不足道。
3. People, usually migrants from rural areas and jobless citizens, are hired to queue up for different types of tickets in large cities in return for a pittance, they are called hired queuers.
   代排族，指在大城市里被雇来替别人排队获取各类票证，然后从中获得报酬的那些人，从事这一行业的多为农民工或者无业人员。
4. Media organisations are rife with corruption in China, where journalists are paid a pittance and the practice of taking bribes, known as hong bao ( literally red envelopes full of cash), is often built into their compensation structure.
   中国的媒体机构充斥腐败行为，新闻从业人员薪酬微薄，收受被称为红包（装满现金的红纸信封）的贿赂往往是他们的薪酬结构的一部分。
5. Qin: Now, young man, don't you think it's about time we raised the rent a bit? The pittance your father used to pay me as rent won't even pay my tea!
   秦仲义：小王，这儿的房租是不是得往上提那么一提呢？当年你爸爸给我的那点租钱，还不够我喝茶用的呢！
6. The peasant laboured for a mere pittance.
   农民仅仅是为了微不足道的收入而辛苦地劳作。
7. According to Prof Mathews, these illegal workers carry the economy of Chungking Mansions as they are willing to work for a pittance.
   麦登高表示，这些非法劳工撑起了重庆大厦的经济，他们愿以微薄的薪水干活。
8. Nutritionists have demonstrated that an adequate diet can be maintained on a pittance.
   营养学家证明花钱不多也可以获得充足的营养。
9. Women often prefer to look after their children well, rather than working for a pittance.
   妇女们常宁愿照顾好自己的孩子，而不愿为微薄的工资去工作。
10. They work all day for a mere pittance.
    他仅靠一点微薄收入维持生计。
11. They work long hours for a mere pittance.
    他们工作很长时间，但收入少得可怜。
12. As soon as they have completed the term of eighty years, they are looked on as dead in law; their heirs immediately succeed to their estates, only a small pittance is reserved for their support.
    80岁之后，他们在法律上就被认定为死亡；子孙们将立即继承他们的财产，仅会保留一小部分钱用作他们的赡养费。
13. She has several sidelines, none of which pay more than a pittance.
    她有好几项兼职，但报酬都很低。
14. He only received a miserly, beggarly, begrudging pittance.
    他只得到一份少得可怜的微薄津贴。
15. But those who have really transformed our society, by providing the knowledge that underpins the advances in technology, earn a relative pittance.
    但那些提供推动技术进步的知识、从而真正改变我们的社会的人，得到的报酬相对微薄。
16. The widow must live on her slender pittance.
    那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。
17. It is evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have had a mere pittance, while even one of them would cripple him to a very serious extent.
    所以很明显，如果两个女孩都结婚了，这好人就只剩下很少的薪俸了，而且其中一个就可能把他推到严重的境地。
18. How can I take and hold the wealth of another for a pittance?
    我怎样才能拥有并控制另一种财富呢？
19. Gilbert should be thanking him too& the salary he doled out to James was a pittance compared to the victories and money that rolled in during his Cleveland reign.
    吉尔伯特也应该感谢他，因为相对于詹姆斯为克利夫兰带来的胜利和金钱而言，吉尔伯特付给他的薪水可谓微薄至极。
20. Sue gets paid an absolute pittance.
    休得到的报酬少得可怜。
21. Without independent field, pittance of indium and germanium is mixed with lead, zinc and aluminum.
    由于铟、锗无独立的矿床，微量的铟、锗常和铅、锌、铝等元素共生。