de·ri·so·ry
adjective/dɪˈraɪsəri/
/dɪˈraɪsəri/
(formal)- too small or of too little value to be considered seriously
synonym laughable少得可笑的;少得可怜的;不屑一顾的 - They offered us a derisory £50 a week.
他们每周给我们 50 英镑,少得可怜。
- They offered us a derisory £50 a week.
- (also more frequent derisive)unkind and showing that you think somebody/something is silly
嘲笑的;嘲弄的;取笑的
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘derisive’): from late Latin derisorius, from deris- ‘scoffed at’, from the verb deridere ‘scoff at’.