ADJ-GRADED
(數目、數量、大?。┪⒉蛔愕赖?,少得可憐的
If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate.
例句
The average British bathroom measures a measly 3.5 square metres.
英國人的衛生間平均只有區區3.5平方米。
...a measly twelve-year-old like me.
像我這樣一個12歲的小可憐