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

• Their food supply is meager.
  他们的食品供给少得可怜。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I would take the nourishment that your meager frame has to offer.
  我会把你吃的东西都抢走。
• The debit card offers meager rewards.
  这张借记卡提供的回报极其微薄。
• 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。
• He depends for his livelihood upon a meager income.
  他依靠微薄的收入过活。
• A: I need to find to part-time job to supplement my meager salary.
  我得找份兼职，以弥补我这可怜巴巴的工资。
• 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。