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

• Her knowledge of music is meagre.
  她的音乐知识很贫乏。
• It was difficult to live on his meagre earnings.
  他靠微薄的收入难以为生。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• On financial reform, the new Basel accords, which governments may ratify in Seoul, are meagre progress.
  在金融改革方面，各国政府有望在首尔批准的新巴塞尔协议只代表了微弱的进展。
• He had nothing save his meagre half-pay as chief of squadron.
  他除了那份极微薄的骑兵队队长的半薪之外，什么都没有。
• Her meagre contribution to our funds
  她给我们基金的微薄捐款