meager

英 [ˈmiːgə]

美 [ˈmigər]

adj.  贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的

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COCA.9607

英英释义

adj

• deficient in amount or quality or extent
  1. meager resources
  2. meager fare
  Synonym:meagremeagerlystingyscrimpy

双语例句

• He depends for his livelihood upon a meager income.
  他依靠微薄的收入过活。
• I dare to presume my own meager contributions will be rewarded one day.
  我想我也有一天能得到奖赏吧。
• Their food supply is meager.
  他们的食品供给少得可怜。
• To eke out her meager pay, Betty turned to writing.
  贝蒂为了弥补微薄的工资收入，搞起写作来。
• 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。
• He related how on several occasions he was robbed of his meager possessions and beaten.
  他讲述他怎么好几次被人抢走他贫乏的财产和被打。
• We had a meager helping of fish.
  我们吃了很小的一份鱼。
• What can we learn from these meager facts?
  从这些贫乏的材料我们可以了解什么呢？
• With meager funding, they had to use army personnel and civilians to tend to many parks and monuments.
  因为微薄的资金投入，他们不得不借用军队人员和平民来照管公园和博物馆。
• 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。