Like the early Apple II of Mr. Jobs, it is too puny for many tasks, including sequencing the entire genome of a person.
像早期的苹果II乔布斯，实在是太对许多任务，包括测序一个人的整个基因组微不足道。
They die young, populating a crowded universe with relatively puny black holes.
在一个拥挤的，充满着相对弱小的黑洞的宇宙中，他们往往很早就衰亡了。
The carmaker's output of 108,000 vehicles in 2007 is puny by global standards—about half what Toyota builds in a week.
这家汽车制造商2007年产量是180,000辆，以国际标准来看，这是微不足道的——大约相当于丰田公司周产量的一半。
the cave paintings at Lascaux, for example, are an ochred zooanalia of horses, stags, bison, felines, a woolly rhinoceros, a bird, a leaping cow — and only one puny man.
例如，如同史前动物大观园的法国拉斯考克斯（Lascaux）洞穴壁画就描绘了马、野牛、猫科动物、一只毛茸茸的犀牛、一只鸟、一只跳跃的母牛——以及一个微不足道的人类。
Because a planet that close to its star would dim the dwarf's light as it passes. The dimming could be detected by even a puny one-meter telescope.
因为有距离较近的行星围绕白矮星运转时，白矮星上就会有行星的阴影，这个阴影即使是一米望远镜也能观察得到。
Such vehicles are called articulated lorries in Britain, although they tend to be a bit puny compared with American rigs that can weigh 32,000kg (70,000lbs) or more.
在英国，人们称它为铰接式卡车，虽然与美国的运输工具（重达32,000千克或更重，约70,000磅）相比，这种卡车显得有些娇小。
To Steinberg, this shows clearly that risk-taking rises not from puny thinking but from a higher regard for reward.
对斯坦伯格而言，这清楚地表明，冒险增加并非由于考虑不周而是由于回报增加。
The carmaker's output of 108, 000 vehicles in 2007 is puny by global standards-about half what Toyota builds in a week.
2007年，这家公司的产量为108,000辆，仅是丰田公司周产量的半数，在全球市场也就是沧海一粟。
NASA’s space shuttle fleet may seem puny compared to giant rockets of the past, but its 28-year flight history makes it a good measuring stick when it comes to booster match-ups.
与过去这些巨型的火箭相比，航天飞机可能看起来像个“小不点”，但其28年的飞行历史使它成为助推器调配很好的标杆。
Heavy rains flooded the land. A lack of nitrogen in the soil made the corn stalks puny.
有些农田被牲口过度放牧亏损，暴雨淹没了田地，缺乏氮气造成玉米的秆子矮小。
If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
如果他以他那软弱的身心的整个力量爱她八年，也抵不上我一天的爱。
Even potential adversaries in a conventional war spend puny sums in comparison.
相比之下，它的潜在的敌人们在那些常规战斗中投入的资金则微不足道。
He had a blaster, but he knew its puny power would mean nothing to Dooku. Within seconds it would be wrenched from his grasp and fly across the corridor.
他手握着爆能枪，可他深知爆能枪的火力对杜库来说简直微不足道，几秒钟之内，它就会被扭曲，从他手中飞出去。
Soon, however, Santa Claus may have to start looking around for a stronger type of animal, as new research reveals the species is becoming increasingly puny.
不过，圣诞老人可能很快就得开始寻找更加强壮的动物了。因为新的研究显示，驯鹿正变得越来越瘦小。
The November 26th issue of the journal Science included a study showing that the extinction of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago allowed puny mammals to get really big.
11月26日发布的《自然》杂志里有一项研究表明，6千5百万年前恐龙的灭绝让弱小的哺乳类动物变得强大起来。
我只是一只虫子。
Intelligent monsters know how to use them and a puny gnome is a lot less puny if it zaps you with a wand of lightning.
高智商的怪兽知道怎么使用这些东西，一些小矮人会用魔杖困住你。
"Any living being who walks up to a living thing that stands 400 feet in height," Mr. Milarch said, "you feel pretty darn puny."
米拉奇先生说：“任何生物走到这样一个400英尺高的的树下，肯定会觉得自己真是太渺小了。”
One thing's for certain, texting and social media come at the bottom of the list, only increasing our happiness by a puny 0.45 per cent.
可以肯定的是，短信和社交媒体只能让我们的快乐感增加微不足道的0.45%，排在了列表的末尾。
Some such collapse had been probable, so tender and puny was its frame; but the event came as a shock nevertheless.
那孩子的体格瘦弱娇嫩，生病本来就是意料中的事，但是这件事还是让她吓了一跳。
Legend has it that in the Qing Dynasty there lived a chivalrous man in west capital, known as Fan the Small Man because he grew up in a poor family and had a puny physique.
相传清代时，在京西地区有一位侠义之士，因自幼家境贫寒，身体长得弱小，人称“范小人”。
Opposing players laughed at the puny boy with green eyes and tousled brown hair on third base — until they discovered they couldn't hit a ball past me.
对手们对我这个站在第三垒的长着绿眼睛和乱蓬蓬的棕色头发的弱小男孩大笑不已，——不过，当他们发现他们的击球一一被我阻拦成功时，就笑不出声了。
We did not meet again for ten years. By then, the rather puny boy had grown into a six-footer, weighing 200 pounds.
我们有十年没见面了。本来是一个小不点的男孩子，现在已长成为6英尺高200磅重的大个儿了。
My uncle was a thin, puny little man, very meek and acquiescent, and no match for my aunt.
我姨父身体单薄，弱不禁风，逆来顺受，跟我姨一点也不般配。
My uncle was a thin, puny little man, very meek and acquiescent, and no match for my aunt.
我姨父身体单薄，弱不禁风，逆来顺受，跟我姨一点也不般配。
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