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
- I get only meagre pay.
我只得到很少的报酬。 - The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet
并没有限制这位病人少吃东西。 - 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。 - He warns, though, that the meagre first-quarter growth result depended on heavy government stimulus measures.
但他警告说，第一季度微弱的经济增长来自于政府的大力经济刺激措施。 - It was difficult to live on his meagre earnings.
他靠微薄的收入难以为生。 - 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。 - 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。 - Her knowledge of music is meagre.
她的音乐知识很贫乏。 - 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%。 - Her meagre contribution to our funds
她给我们基金的微薄捐款