音标：['pitns] ；

n. 少量津贴, 小额施舍, 少量

n. an inadequate payment

词型变化：名词复数形式 : pittances
考试类型：[GRE]

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pittance的用法和样例：

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用作名词(n.)

We aren't talking a pittance here.这可不是一笔小数目。
She could barely survive on the pittance she received as a widow's pension.她靠着极少的孤寡抚恤金仅够糊口.
Lawrence fags away for a pittance.劳伦斯为了一点微薄的收入而辛苦地工作。
The widow must live on her slender pittance.那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。

词汇搭配

a mere pittance微薄的报酬,一点点薪...

经典引文

He was granted a small pittance.
出自：E. H. Gombrich

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