The insurers have started hiking up premiums by huge amounts.保险公司已经开始大幅度提高保费。The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence.问题在于防务方面耗资巨大。Pain-killers are very useful in small amounts to bring your temperature down...
to pay sb a pittance付给某人菲薄的工资Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。The widow must live on her slender pittance.那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活....