pittance
n. 少量; 少許; 微薄的工資; 少量的收入
If you say that you receive a pittance, you are emphasizing that you get only a very small amount of money, probably not as much as you think you deserve.
Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
她的秘書們為一點微薄的工資不知疲倦地工作。
1. an inadequate payment;
NIV You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
12[和合]你17賣了你的子民, 也不賺利;所得的價值,並不加添你的資財.
They work all day for a mere pittance.
他們為了一點微薄的收入而整日工作.
The peasant laboured for a mere pittance.
農民僅僅是為了微不足道的收入而辛苦地勞作.
The widow must live on her slender pittance.
那寡婦只能靠自己微薄的收入過活.
Neither set of lenders was paid more than a pittance.
所有的債權人誰都不比誰多得到一個子兒.