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I like the hours and the people, but the pay is measly.
我喜歡這裡的工作時(shí)間和同事，但薪水非常微薄。
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Natural selection is like a robot that can only climb uphill, even if this leaves it stuck on top of a measly hillock.
自然選擇就如同一個(gè)衹能上山的機(jī)器人，即使這會(huì)使它停畱在一座微不足道的小山的山頂。
Those plates had been designed to call attention to the fact that Washington, DC has only one measly non-voting delegate in Congress.
設(shè)計(jì)這些牌照的目的是引起大家對(duì)華盛頓特區(qū)衹有少得可憐的一個(gè)在國會(huì)的非投票代表這一事實(shí)的關(guān)注。

India has some 545 million cell phones and a measly 80 million Internet users.
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According to Fortune magazine, the insurance industry posted a measly 2.2% profit margin in 2009.
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How do you make a product that satisfies their needs on a measly budget?
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If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate.