(of an amount 数量 too small to be considered as important or useful 可忽略不计的；微小的；微不足道的 This account offers a paltry 1 per cent return on your investment. 该帐户的投资回报率仅为1％。 a paltry sum 小得可怜的数额 They worked long hours for paltry wages. 他们工作时间长，工资却少得可怜。
having no value or useful qualities 无价值的；无用的 a paltry gesture 没有意义的姿态
Word Originmid 16th cent.: apparently based on dialect pelt ‘rubbish, especially rags’; compare with Low German paltrig ‘ragged’.