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

• 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。
• It was difficult to live on his meagre earnings.
  他靠微薄的收入难以为生。
• His knowledge of Chinese history is meagre.
  他的中国历史知识很贫乏。
• 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。
• But meagre compensation for the loss of that most uncommon of online commoners.
  但这远远无法弥补他的离世带来的损失，因为我们失去的是网络大众中最不同寻常的人物。
• The Legal Aid Council does not receive its meagre budget on time.
  而法律援助委员会连这些少之又少的资金预算也无法按时收到。
• The resources of New York are rather meagre.
  纽约的娱乐场所太少了。
• Her meagre contribution to our funds
  她给我们基金的微薄捐款
• The show is drawing but a meagre audience.
  看演出的观众寥寥无几。
• The Chinese consumers spending on extravagant branded goods based on their meagre incomes is simply not sustainable.
  中国消费者是基于自己那些少的可怜的收入来消费那些奢侈品牌产品，这完全是不可承受得起的。