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pit.tanceH5pIt7[nts, $5pIt-n [C usually sing]disapproving a very small amount of money, esp. money received as payment, income or a present小数额的钱He works hard but only earns/is only paid a pittance.他工作努力,但收入微薄。Nutritionists have demonstrated that an adequate diet can be maintained on a pittance.营养学家证明花钱不多也可以获得充足的营养。She lives on the pittance her father left her when he died.她靠父亲死时留给她为数不多的钱生活。$30 billion might seem a lot of money, but it's a mere pittance in terms of what global capital markets can and do absorb.300亿美元也许是个大数目,但讲到全球金融市场可以吸收和实际吸收的能力,这只是个小数额。
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