meager

英 [ˈmiːgə]

美 [ˈmigər]

adj.  贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的

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COCA.9607

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• He depends for his livelihood upon a meager income.
  他依靠微薄的收入过活。
• 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。
• 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。
• Roberta picked up each of his meager purchases and entered each amount into the cash register.
  罗伯塔一一拿起他所买的几件东西，逐一放到收银机上计价。
• People who do well financially ask different questions as they look at investments than people who produce meager rewards.
  善于理财地人和小打小闹的人在投资机会面前，所问出的问题是不一样的。
• 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。
• The debit card offers meager rewards.
  这张借记卡提供的回报极其微薄。
• When the meager purchases had been placed into a plastic bag, something remarkable happened.
  当这少量的几件商品被装入到一个塑料袋里后，更引人注目的事还在后头。
• 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。