• adj. 患麻疹的；極少的；低賤的

來自measle,麻疹，-y,形容詞后綴。即患麻疹的，俚語義可憐的，可鄙視的，或很小的，微不足道的等。

measly (adj.)

"affected with measles," 1680s, from measle (see measles) + -y (2); sense of "meager and contemptible" first recorded 1864 in British slang.

1. The average British bathroom measures a measly 3.5 square metres.

英國人的衛(wèi)生間平均只有區(qū)區(qū)3.5平方米。

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2. I asked. " Just take this measly 10 cents an hour and smile? "

我問, “ 接受這可憐兮兮的每小時10美分然后還要微笑 嗎 ? ”

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3. One measly mango, that's all we've had from this tree.

一個微不足道的芒果, 那 就是 我們從這棵樹上所收獲的一切.

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4. It had grown only four measly shoots!

大蒜頭上還只得三四莖嫩芽!

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5. He gave us measly little portions of cake.

他給了我們少得可憐的一點蛋糕.

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