meagre
英 [ˈmiːɡə(r)]
美 [ˈmiːɡər]
adj. 少量且劣质的
Collins.1 / BNC.9500 / COCA.38175
牛津词典
adj.
- 少量且劣质的
small in quantity and poor in quality- a meagre diet of bread and water
只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭 - 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。
- a meagre diet of bread and water
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。 - Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。
- The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise...
in AM, use 美国英语用 meager
英英释义
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare
双语例句
- 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。 - I get only meagre pay.
我只得到很少的报酬。 - 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。 - I saw for myself the poor conditions of work and the desperate staff shortages, compounded by meagre and uncertain salaries.
我亲眼看到极差的工作条件和职员的严重短缺,还有微薄和不稳定的工资。 - 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。 - 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。 - The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet
并没有限制这位病人少吃东西。 - Later this was relaxed and every inmate except those sent to solitary confinement ate the same meagre diet.
后来这又放宽了,除去单独隔离的囚犯之外,其他人都供应一样可怜的食物。 - Even if the meagre synergies achieved doubled overnight, they would enhance group earnings by just 2-4 per cent.
即便合并取得的弱小的协同优势在一夜之间扩大一倍,它们也仅会将集团收益提高2%至4%。 - Her knowledge of music is meagre.
她的音乐知识很贫乏。