meager
英 [ˈmiːgə]
美 [ˈmigər]
adj. 贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的
COCA.9607
英英释义
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - We had a meager helping of fish.
我们吃了很小的一份鱼。 - Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。 - He had to support his family with his meager income.
他只能靠微薄的收入来养家。 - He depends for his livelihood upon a meager income.
他依靠微薄的收入过活。 - 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。 - Low rates help this process by effectively reducing the value of money invested today-think of the meager interest you get from your bank-and increasing the importance of future returns.
低利率有助于投资者着眼长期，因为它实际上降低了今天所投入资金的价值（想想你把钱存在银行那点微薄的利息）、增加了将来所取得回报的价值。 - 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 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。