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
- Low rates help this process by effectively reducing the value of money invested today-think of the meager interest you get from your bank-and increasing the importance of future returns.
低利率有助于投资者着眼长期,因为它实际上降低了今天所投入资金的价值(想想你把钱存在银行那点微薄的利息)、增加了将来所取得回报的价值。 - It is difficult for him to make a living on his meager salary.
靠那样微薄的一份工资他那以维持生活。 - In fact, Pandit stuck with the meager check longer than he had to.
事实上,潘伟迪拿1美元年薪的时间已超出了他应信守的时间。 - Because of our meager understanding of Hegelian metaphysics, the study of Hegel in China is not prosperous enough.
我国黑格尔研究有些萧条,与我们对黑格尔的形而上学的理解有很大关系。 - 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! - 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。 - 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。 - When the meager purchases had been placed into a plastic bag, something remarkable happened.
当这少量的几件商品被装入到一个塑料袋里后,更引人注目的事还在后头。 - I would take the nourishment that your meager frame has to offer.
我会把你吃的东西都抢走。 - 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。