| 1. | The material available on argo city was skimpy suspiciously skimpy .
有关阿尔格城的材料少得可怜，少得出奇。 |
| 2. | The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal .
两个男人同一个女人围着火，开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。 |
| 3. | The available work was mostly in the agricultural south and paid poorly .
可能获得的工作大部分在南方农业区，而且只能得到少得可怜的工资。 |
| 4. | So voracious is their demand for raw materials that the supply is not enough to go round .
他们饥不择食地需要原始资料，而资料却少得可怜，不能满足每一个人的要求。 |
| 5. | The miners have to work in terrible and often dangerous conditions and they are paid miserable wages .
矿工们不得不在很糟的、甚至常常在很危险的条件下干活，而他们的工资却少得可怜。 |
| 6. | Throughout most of the 2 million years of human existence on earth, humanity's numbers have been few .
人类生存在地球上已有200万年的历史了，其中大部分时间地球上的人的数量少得可怜。 |
| 7. | It is unfortunate that very little data exist concerning vapour pressures of solid materials which might be found in the atmosphere .
遗憾的是关于可能在大气中发现的固态物质的气压资料少得可怜。 |
| 8. | They ' ve given us a pretty mouldy pay increase this year
我们今年的加薪少得可怜。 |
| 9. | We got only a little when we needed a lot
虽则我们大量需要，但所得的却少得可怜。 |
| 10. | He gave us measly little portions of cake
他给了我们少得可怜的一点蛋糕 |
