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I like the hours and the people, but the pay is measly.
我喜欢这里的工作时间和同事，但薪水非常微薄。
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Natural selection is like a robot that can only climb uphill, even if this leaves it stuck on top of a measly hillock.
自然选择就如同一个只能上山的机器人，即使这会使它停留在一座微不足道的小山的山顶。
Those plates had been designed to call attention to the fact that Washington, DC has only one measly non-voting delegate in Congress.
设计这些牌照的目的是引起大家对华盛顿特区只有少得可怜的一个在国会的非投票代表这一事实的关注。

India has some 545 million cell phones and a measly 80 million Internet users.
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According to Fortune magazine, the insurance industry posted a measly 2.2% profit margin in 2009.
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How do you make a product that satisfies their needs on a measly budget?
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If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate.