ADJ If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate. (数目、数量或大小)微不足道的; 少的可怜的 [非正式]
Their wages have been cut in half to a measly $410 a month.
他们的工资已经被削减一半，每月只有少得可怜的410美元。
...a measly twelve-year-old like me.
...一个像我这样的区区12岁的小孩。
How else could this instrument make so much out of barely three dozen measly morsels of sound?
仅仅采用三十多个简单的音节，语言究竟是如何创造出这么多词句呢？
Dominic, the show-off of the group, picked up one measly pear, put it on top of his snout, and performed a balancing act as we made our way back to the cave.
多米尼克，队伍里最爱耍酷的家伙，拿起一个很小的梨子，把梨子顶在鼻子上玩找平衡的杂耍，在我们回山洞的路上捣腾个没完。
Why are women a measly 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs?
为什么财富500强的CEO只有3%的女性？
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