derisory是什么意思？

derisory

英[dɪˈraɪsəri] 美[dɪˈraɪsəri]

• adj. 嘲笑的，嘲弄的；

例句

• Few non - Japanese investors own yen cash or bonds, and central bank holdings are similarly derisory. 很少有外国投资者持有日元现金或债券, 各国央行的持有量也同样少得可怜.
• She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money. 在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。
• ...derisory remarks about the police. 嘲弄警察的话
• Were the contracts that were offered to the players as derisory as we have been led to believe? 合同里给球员开出的薪水真如想要我们相信的那样低得可笑吗？
• She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money... 在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  微不足道的;少得可怜的
  If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
  例句
  She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money... 在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。 Were the contracts that were offered to the players as derisory as we have been led to believe? 合同里给球员开出的薪水真如想要我们相信的那样低得可笑吗？
• ADJ-GRADED
  同 derisive
  Derisory means the same as derisive .
  例句
  ...derisory remarks about the police. 嘲弄警察的话

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense;
  "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework""that's a cockeyed idea""ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer""a contribution so small as to be laughable""it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion""a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history""her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"