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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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！
• It is difficult for him to make a living on his meager salary.
  靠那样微薄的一份工资他那以维持生活。
• It is so meager like thin dusts that I could not even see myself.
  它是如此微薄的像稀薄拂去灰尘般以至于我不能甚而看见自己。
• 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。
• We had a meager helping of fish.
  我们吃了很小的一份鱼。