| 词汇 | puny |
| 释义 | puny adjective uk /ˈpjuː.ni/ us /ˈpjuː.ni/ small; weak; not effective: 小的；弱的；微不足道的；无效的 a puny little man瘦小的男人 My car only has a puny little engine.我的车只有一个功率很小的引擎。 The party's share of the vote rose from a puny 13 percent in the last election to 21 percent this time.该党的得票率从上次选举中可怜的13%上升到这次的21%。 not physically strong weakShe was too tired and weak to finish the race. feebleMany of the pensioners were so feeble they had to be stretchered onto the ship. punyHe was puny as a child. weedyUKI was just this weedy guy who always had his head in a book. frailA frail, grey-haired lady walked slowly down the street. Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target soft target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly puny | American Dictionarypuny adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/ˈpju·ni/ small and weak, or not effective: Don’t tell me you’re afraid of that puny little kid. In 1981, computers were puny compared with today’s machines. Examples of punypuny Demographic decline from disease made any colonisation policy look puny. When we consider those things, how puny and fantastic it is to think that this loan can hope to save the country at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Compared to the national debt, local authority debt is puny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be a puny, unimpressive, and ineffective air force. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To do that in pursuit of savings which, in terms of global expenditure, are puny, shames us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a puny way of recognising past service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was described in another place as rather a puny instrument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this puny little measure they have decided to reduce the number of doctors overall and to introduce 12 nurses—although people disagree about this number. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It took several years of proper feeding before that undersized, puny child had straight limbs on which to walk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Welcome as they are, the measures are puny when placed alongside the problem facing young people leaving school today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most interesting thing is the puny efforts that have been made with regard to food. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a rather flabby and puny affair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It carries on its relentless tearing away at the structures that man builds and makes his efforts seem puny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think it was a puny defence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, of course, after the years that have elapsed, it looks a puny and inadequate measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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