meagre

英 [ˈmiːɡə(r)]

美 [ˈmiːɡər]

adj.  少量且劣质的

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9500 / COCA.38175

牛津词典

adj.

• 少量且劣质的
  small in quantity and poor in quality
  1. a meagre diet of bread and water
     只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭
  2. She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.
     她靠夜间做清洁工来补充其微薄的收入。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 meager


• ADJ-GRADED 数量很少的;微薄的;不足的;贫乏的
  If you describe an amount or quantity of something asmeagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.
  1. The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise...
     银行职员对只加薪3.1%已心生怒火。
  2. Their food supply is meager.
     他们的食品供给少得可怜。

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• House prices did drop in August from the previous month – although by a meagre 0.1 per cent.
  8月份的房价确实出现了环比下跌，但跌幅仅为0.1%。
• They lived on meagre government grants in their student days.
  在学生时期，他们是靠政府的一点救济维持生活的。
• I saw for myself the poor conditions of work and the desperate staff shortages, compounded by meagre and uncertain salaries.
  我亲眼看到极差的工作条件和职员的严重短缺，还有微薄和不稳定的工资。
• The show is drawing but a meagre audience.
  看演出的观众寥寥无几。
• It was difficult to live on his meagre earnings.
  他靠微薄的收入难以为生。
• To supplement their meagre income, often he used to go fishing with his friends.
  为了添补其微薄的收入，他经常与朋友们一起去钓鱼。
• The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise
  银行职员对只加薪3.1%已心生怒火。
• He warns, though, that the meagre first-quarter growth result depended on heavy government stimulus measures.
  但他警告说，第一季度微弱的经济增长来自于政府的大力经济刺激措施。
• The diet should be suitable, being neither too rich nor too meagre.
  膳食应该适当，即不能太油腻也不能太粗淡。
• His knowledge of Chinese history is meagre.
  他的中国历史知识很贫乏。