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

• 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 get only meagre pay.
  我只得到很少的报酬。
• Meagre or non-existent social protection explains much of the high household savings rates that have helped finance the region's growth.
  微薄或根本不存在的社会保障，在很大程度上正是该地区高储蓄率的原因所在，而这也为该地区经济增长提供了资金。
• Her meagre contribution to our funds
  她给我们基金的微薄捐款
• My eyes, dad is always like that, for I love so meagre.
  我眼中，爸爸总是这样，对我的爱如此微少。
• 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 opportunities in heavily regulated financial and professional service sectors, including law and accounting, remain meagre.
  但在受到严密监管的金融、及法律和会计等专业服务领域，机会依然很少。
• He had nothing save his meagre half-pay as chief of squadron.
  他除了那份极微薄的骑兵队队长的半薪之外，什么都没有。
• His knowledge of Chinese history is meagre.
  他的中国历史知识很贫乏。
• Particulars are too meagre to form a decision.
  详情不足，难以作出决断。