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adj.微小的²⁵;瘦弱的¹⁰;微不足道的⁶⁵副词punily比较级punier最高级puniest名词puniness
外表疾病瘦弱虚弱
Adjective:
inferior in strength or significance;a puny physique puny excuses used especially of persons of inferior size来自古法语puisne,最小的，最后出生的，来自puis,以后，在后，来自拉丁语post,在后。-ne,出生，词源同natal.引申词义小的，弱的，劣质的，孱弱的。GRE红宝书源于: pony小马pu扑, ny你: 我敢扑上去打你, 是因为你体格弱小的
pony 小马是弱小的；音：怕你，我怕了你了，你这么强，我这么弱
可能是pony小马的变体GRE难词记忆puny→pony n.小马→弱小的小马联想记忆这匹小马pony有点发育不良puny近义词 weak弱的small小的petty小的short短的little小的tiny极小的meagre瘦的frail脆弱的scrawny瘦的minor轻微的meager贫乏的slight轻微的feeble虚弱的fragile易碎的useless无用的delicate微妙的trivial不重要的runty身材短小的paltry微不足道的stunted发育不良的worthless无价值的inadequate不适当的trifling微不足道的unimportant不重要的undersized尺寸不足的shrimpy虾的; 多虾的…insignificant无关紧要的underdeveloped发育不全的
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用作形容词They laughed at mypunyefforts at rock-climbing.他们取笑我在攀岩活动中的那可怜劲儿。
Puny though he looked, he was as brave as a lion.他看上去虽然瘦弱，但人很勇敢。
They laughed at mypunyefforts.他们嘲笑我微不足道的努力。
Some doctors are prettypunycharacters.医生中也不乏庸庸碌碌之辈。adj.small, insignificant
同义词 feeble,frail,inconsequential,measly,paltry,tiny,trivialdiminutive,fragile,half-pint,inferior,infirm,little,minor,niggling,nothing,peanut,peewee,petty,picayune,piddling,pint-sized,runt,shrimp,small time,small-fry,stunted,trifling,two-bit,unconsequential,underfed,undersized,undeveloped,unsound,unsubstantial,weak,weakly,wee,worthless,zero,zilch
反义词 important,significant,strongbig,giant,huge,large
Lilliputianadjective tiny
bitsy,bitty,diminutive,dwarf,infinitesimal,insignificant,itsy-bitsy,itty-bitty,little,microscopic,midget,mini,miniature,minikin,minimum,minuscular,minuscule,minute,negligible,pee-wee,petite,pint-sized,pocket,pocket-size,pygmy,slight,teensy,teensy-weensy,teeny,trifling,wee,yea big
elfinadjective mischievous;small
delicate,devilish,disobedient,elfish,frolicsome,impish,little,minute,misbehaving,naughty,petite,playful,prankish,puckish,puny,rascally,slight,sprightly,tiny
feebleadjective not strong;ineffective
aged,ailing,chicken,debilitated,decrepit,delicate,doddering,dopey,effete,emasculated,enervated,enfeebled,epicene,etiolated,exhausted,failing,faint,flabby,flat,fragile,frail,gentle,helpless,impotent,inadequate,incompetent,indecisive,ineffectual,inefficient,infirm,insubstantial,insufficient,lame,languid,low,out of gas,paltry,poor,powerless,puny,sapless,sickly,slight,strengthless,tame,thin,unconvincing,vitiated,weak,weakened,weakly,wimpy,woozy,zero
frailadjective breakable, weak
brittle,dainty,decrepit,delicate,epicene,feeble,fishy,flimsy,fracturable,fragile,frangible,infirm,insubstantial,puny,sad,shatterable,shattery,sickly,slender,slight,slim,tender,tenuous,thin,unsound,unsubstantial,vulnerable,wimpy,wishy-washy,wispy
humbleadjective poor, inferior
base,beggarly,common,commonplace,contemptible,humdrum,ignoble,inglorious,insignificant,little,low,low-born,low-ranking,lowly,meager,mean,measly,menial,miserable,modest,obscure,ordinary,paltry,petty,pitiful,plebeian,proletarian,puny,rough,scrubby,seemly,servile,severe,shabby,simple,small,sordid,trivial,unassuming,uncouth,underprivileged,undistinguished,unfit,unimportant,unpretentious,unrefined,vulgar,wretched
humblestadjective poor, inferior
base,beggarly,common,commonplace,contemptible,humdrum,ignoble,inglorious,insignificant,little,low,low-born,low-ranking,lowly,meager,mean,measly,menial,miserable,modest,obscure,ordinary,paltry,petty,pitiful,plebeian,proletarian,puny,rough,scrubby,seemly,servile,severe,shabby,simple,small,sordid,trivial,unassuming,uncouth,underprivileged,undistinguished,unfit,unimportant,unpretentious,unrefined,vulgar,wretched And how do these puny pods protect your face?
这些小小豆荚如何保护你的肌肤呢？ kekenet
And Spain’s exporters look puny compared with the large, idle industries, such as construction, that cater to domestic demand.
同诸如建筑业这样迎合国内需求的大型闲置产业相比，西班牙的出口商显得微不足道。 ecocn
Even potential adversaries in a conventional war spend puny sums in comparison.
相比之下，它的潜在的敌人们在那些常规战斗中投入的资金则微不足道。 yeeyan
On the latest OECD numbers, Britain spends a puny1.8% of GDP on R&D, less than France2.1%, Germany2.5% or America2.7%.
经合组织最新数据显示，英国仅花了 GDP的1.8%作为研发经费，这一数目微不足道，不及法国2.1%、德国2.5%和美国2.7%。 ecocn
That's the conventional explanation: They're not thinking, or by the work-in- progress model, their puny developing brains fail them.
传统的解释是：他们不过脑子或只是个正在发展中的模型，微不足道的发展中的大脑让他们失败连连。 yeeyan
The euro zone showed at last month’s summit that it is coming around to this design— though the package they came up with was still too puny.
在上个月召开的峰会中，欧元区表示正在转回这个布局，尽管出台的一揽子计划还是太微不足道。 ecocn
The European Tour Operators Association, an industry body, reported only330 immediate cancellations— a puny0.2% of all bookings.
一家行业团体，欧洲旅行社协会，曾报道称，暴乱之后只发生过330次立即取消航班的事件——这只占所有预定中微不足道的0.2%。 ecocn
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？ ebigear
A report published yesterday by Ernst & Young suggests that the EU's puny carbon target will raise energy bills by 20% over the next12 years.
昨天由安永公司发布的一份报告表明，欧盟微不足道的碳排放目标将在未来12年使能源支出提高20% 1。 yeeyan
But the revenue is puny, around SFr500m$480m so far, and the directive covers only bonds and deposits.
但税收额微不足道，目前仅有500亿瑞士法郎约合480亿美元，而且这一举措仅限于债券和存款领域。 ecocn
Current transport revenues are too puny to cover existing commitments, to say nothing of new initiatives.
目前的运输收入太微不足道了，无法支付当前的项目，更别说什么新计划了。 ecocn
Giant sequoias are unimpressed by your puny human lifespan.
与巨型红杉800至1300年的生命跨度相比，人的寿命极其微不足道。 yeeyan
Greece is a puny power and was so even before it descended into the vortex.
无论是在经济崩溃之前还是之后，希腊都是一个弱小的国家。 yeeyan
In Japan, for example, just24% of television- owning households pay for more channels, and ad revenue is puny.
例如日本拥有电视的家庭中，仅有24%购买更多的频道，广告费微不足道。 ecocn
In the wake of the triple disaster there, such preparations seem as inadequate as man’s other puny efforts to hold back nature’s rage.
在这连环式灾难到来的时候，这样的准备工作似乎不像人类控制大自然愤怒的种种努力那样低效。 yeeyan
Like the early Apple II of Mr. Jobs, it is too puny for many tasks, including sequencing the entire genome of a person.
像早期的苹果 II乔布斯，实在是太对许多任务，包括测序一个人的整个基因组微不足道。 yeeyan
Obstacles that are actually puny to them look Himalayan.
障碍物对他们看喜马拉雅山来说，确实是微不足道的。 ecocn
Offshore accounts offered puny rates of interest because banks could do so little with the money. But as deposits have grownsee chart, so has the number of firms seeking to tap them.
大陆之外的账户所提供的利率根本就是微不足道的因为银行对这些钱并没有做太多的利用，但是随着存款的增长，这已经使公司的数量急剧上升。 yeeyan
Ordinary cosmic rays are puny things.
普通的太空射线都是微不足道的东西。 ecocn
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。163
Switzerland’s big banks have mixed records and a relatively puny government behind them but can still borrow cheaply, in part because they have exceptionally high solvency ratios.
瑞士的大银行们拥有错综复杂的记录，背后还有着相对弱小的政府，但仍旧能够低息贷款，部分原因就是因为他们杰出的偿债能力。 ecocn
The problem with this analysis is that the tail is far too puny to wag the dog.
这一分析的问题是，用来摇的尾巴对于狗来说太微不足道。 iciba
The seedlings, puny and ankle high when they should be knee high by this time of year, are his second planting.
这些幼苗是他第二次播种的，往年这时候应该到膝盖高了，可现在小得才到脚脖子。 yeeyan
They die young, populating a crowded universe with relatively puny black holes.
在一个拥挤的，充满着相对弱小的黑洞的宇宙中，他们往往很早就衰亡了。 yeeyan
This will bolster Google’s puny arsenal of around 2,000 patents, hugely strengthening its position in current and future legal battles with its more heavily armed industry rivals.
这将巩固谷歌相比之下微不足道仅有2000个专利的专利库，大大加强其不管是现在还是将来与实力强劲的同行公司打官司时的有利地位。 ecocn
Yet it remains puny compared to AIPAC.
但比起 AIPAC来它仍然是微不足道的。 ecocn |