derisory

英 [dɪˈraɪsəri]

美 [dɪˈraɪsəri]

adj.  少得可笑的; 少得可怜的; 不屑一顾的

BNC.20149 / COCA.40457

牛津词典

adj.

• 少得可笑的；少得可怜的；不屑一顾的
  too small or of too little value to be considered seriously
• 少得可笑的；少得可怜的；不屑一顾的
  too small or of too little value to be considered seriously

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的;少得可怜的
  If you describe something such as an amount of money asderisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
  1. She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money...
     在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。
  2. Were the contracts that were offered to the players as derisory as we have been led to believe?
     合同里给球员开出的薪水真如想要我们相信的那样低得可笑吗？
• ADJ-GRADED 同 derisive
  Derisorymeans the same asderisive.
  1. ...derisory remarks about the police.
     嘲弄警察的话

英英释义

adj

• incongruous
  1. the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
  2. that's a cockeyed idea
  3. ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
  4. a contribution so small as to be laughable
  5. it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
  6. a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
  7. her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
  Synonym:absurdcockeyedidioticlaughableludicrousnonsensicalpreposterousridiculous

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