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
- 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。 - We had a meager helping of fish.
我们吃了很小的一份鱼。 - 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。 - Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。 - 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。 - 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？ - His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
他分到的那一点点煤气必须留着急用。 - I would take the nourishment that your meager frame has to offer.
我会把你吃的东西都抢走。 - 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。 - He had to support his family with his meager income.
他只能靠微薄的收入来养家。