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

• She lives on the meager income from her writing.
  她靠写作那点微薄的收入生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• What can we learn from these meager facts?
  从这些贫乏的材料我们可以了解什么呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet, sincerity and hard work had yielded only meager returns, and I was willing to try anything.
  不过既然从前的热诚和辛劳回报甚微，我什么都愿意尝试一番。