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

• Because of our meager understanding of Hegelian metaphysics, the study of Hegel in China is not prosperous enough.
  我国黑格尔研究有些萧条，与我们对黑格尔的形而上学的理解有很大关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• To eke out her meager pay, Betty turned to writing.
  贝蒂为了弥补微薄的工资收入，搞起写作来。
• She lives on the meager income from her writing.
  她靠写作那点微薄的收入生活。
• Local governments have long had to tap other sources of income to supplement their meager share of the country's taxes.
  地方政府长久以来就不得不开拓其他收入来源，以补充他们在国家税收当中可以得到的微薄份额。
• 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。
• 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。
• We had a meager helping of fish.
  我们吃了很小的一份鱼。
• Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
  除了极少量的积蓄外，他没有可以依赖的财源。