meager
英 [ˈmiːgə]
美 [ˈmigər]
adj. 贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的
COCA.9607
英英释义
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare
双语例句
- And then sell us back a meager portion of it, at even higher prices!
然后把极小一部分以更高的价格卖给我们！ - With the assistance of several meager advances from the bookseller who was to bring it out, he succeeded.
书商给他预支了几笔数目不大的酬金，帮助他取得了成功。 - People who do well financially ask different questions as they look at investments than people who produce meager rewards.
善于理财地人和小打小闹的人在投资机会面前，所问出的问题是不一样的。 - Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。 - His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
他分到的那一点点煤气必须留着急用。 - I have a very cheap salary. I have a very meager salary.
我的工资很微薄。 - Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
除了极少量的积蓄外，他没有可以依赖的财源。 - Spark ignited with our meager minds of the perfect career.
用我们微薄的星火点燃心中理想的事业。 - In fact, Pandit stuck with the meager check longer than he had to.
事实上，潘伟迪拿1美元年薪的时间已超出了他应信守的时间。 - When the meager purchases had been placed into a plastic bag, something remarkable happened.
当这少量的几件商品被装入到一个塑料袋里后，更引人注目的事还在后头。