meager
英 [ˈmiːgə]
美 [ˈmigər]
adj. 贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的
COCA.9607
英英释义
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare
双语例句
- And then sell us back a meager portion of it, at even higher prices!
然后把极小一部分以更高的价格卖给我们！ - He depends for his livelihood upon a meager income.
他依靠微薄的收入过活。 - 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。 - 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。 - I dare to presume my own meager contributions will be rewarded one day.
我想我也有一天能得到奖赏吧。 - People who do well financially ask different questions as they look at investments than people who produce meager rewards.
善于理财地人和小打小闹的人在投资机会面前，所问出的问题是不一样的。 - 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。 - I have a very cheap salary. I have a very meager salary.
我的工资很微薄。 - 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。 - 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。