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pittance

读音
ˈpɪtns
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释义

n. 少量;小额施舍;少量津贴 [ 复数 pittances ]

例句

Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
她的秘书们为了一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。
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.
在大城市里被雇来替别人排队获取不同类票证,以获得微薄报酬的那些人,通常是来自乡村地区的移民者和无业人员。

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and all that stuff we care about.I dare say it's a pittance,what it would require for us to really
into putting their thumbprints on 50-year lease agreements,signing away all the land they've ever known for a pittance
♪ I want nothing from you, I want nothing at all ♪♪ Not a pension, nor a pittance, when your whole life is through ♪♪ Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you ♪
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