meager

英 [ˈmiːgə]

美 [ˈmigər]

adj.  贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的

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英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• 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？
• 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。
• It was from Granny's conversations, year after year, that the meager details of Grandpa's life came to me.
  年复一年，我从姥姥的谈话中对姥爷的生活琐事有了不太详细的了解。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。