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

• As you have recognized our superiority, we will let your puny civilization survive for the moment.
  既然你已经承认我们的优越性，我想我们会暂时饶你们这次等文明一条狗命的。
• If he had been small or puny or sickly or misshapen he would've been discarded.
  如果他很瘦小或者羸弱或者多病或者畸形，他就会被丢弃。
• 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。
• 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。
• That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players.
  你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。
• And how do these puny pods protect your face?
  这些小小豆荚如何保护你的肌肤呢？
• You'll never be able to lift that heavy box with your puny muscles.
  你以这样瘦弱的肌肉是永远举不起那只沉重的箱子的。
• 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。
• My car only has a puny little engine.
  我的汽车只有一只功率很小的引擎。
• If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
  如果他以他那软弱的身心的整个力量爱她八年，也抵不上我一天的爱。