pittances 

  1. 名詞
pittance複數: 微薄的津貼, 微薄的工資
僅足餬口的津貼
很少的數量

    同義字詞
mite,peanuts,shoestring,song

例句

  1. She had donated pittances of pocket money to buy tractors for India.
  2. His expenditures on life's luxuries make his philanthropic pittances pall by comparison.
  3. They simply stared at him, smiled, took the pittances they were offered and left the premises.
  4. Pittances provided for the nuns were not to be assigned to other purposes for any reason, and money given on the admission of a nun was to be devoted to their needs.
  5. Because these properties were summarily declared to be "in decline," families were given pittances for their properties, and were forced into federal housing called "the projects.