too small or of too little value to be considered seriously 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。
- (also 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’.