Puny demand was partly the result of small wage rises, but it was also because Germany's service sector is underdeveloped.(需求不足一方面是由工资涨幅过小导致的,然而,另一方面是德国服务业不发达。)
Puny editorial budgets mean that investigations fizzle out.(媒体那些微不足道的编辑预算意味着调查活动只能以失败告终。)
Advertisers and television networks have pushed back even against this puny threat.(连这个小小的威胁,广告与电视广播公司还在进攻。)
The iPhone's 2-megapixels seem puny, and it can't record video.(iPhone的200万像素显得寒嘇,也不能录制视频。)
And Spain's exporters look puny compared with the large, idle industries, such as construction, that cater to domestic demand.(同诸如建筑业这样迎合国内需求的大型闲置产业相比,西班牙的出口商显得微不足道。)
In Japan, for example, just 24% of television-owning households pay for more channels, and AD revenue is puny.(例如日本拥有电视的家庭中,仅有24%购买更多的频道,广告费微不足道。)
Gouki: I need no help from a puny little girl such as yourself!(豪鬼:我不需要得到一个像你这样微不足道的小女孩的帮助!)
Obstacles that are actually puny to them look Himalayan.(障碍物对他们看喜马拉雅山来说,确实是微不足道的。)
Fortunately, the online stores are all pretty good (except Apple's, whose book selection is still puny).(幸运的是,在线商店全都非常棒(除了苹果的,它的可选书籍依然很少)。)
They die young, populating a crowded universe with relatively puny black holes.(在一个拥挤的,充满着相对弱小的黑洞的宇宙中,他们往往很早就衰亡了。)