meagre

英 [ˈmiːɡə(r)]

美 [ˈmiːɡər]

adj.  少量且劣质的

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9500 / COCA.38175

牛津词典

adj.

• 少量且劣质的
  small in quantity and poor in quality
  1. a meagre diet of bread and water
     只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 meager


• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. Their food supply is meager.
     他们的食品供给少得可怜。

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• The Legal Aid Council does not receive its meagre budget on time.
  而法律援助委员会连这些少之又少的资金预算也无法按时收到。
• 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。
• Particulars are too meagre to form a decision.
  详情不足，难以作出决断。
• Understate one's losses, eg of money, troops I get only meagre pay.
  少报损失（如金钱、兵员的损失）.我只得到很少的报酬。
• My eyes, dad is always like that, for I love so meagre.
  我眼中，爸爸总是这样，对我的爱如此微少。
• 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。
• House prices did drop in August from the previous month – although by a meagre 0.1 per cent.
  8月份的房价确实出现了环比下跌，但跌幅仅为0.1%。
• At least that would offer the meagre comfort of simplicity.
  至少那样能让人感到简单生活下一些少有的舒适感。
• 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。
• 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。