meagre

英 [ˈmiːɡə(r)]

美 [ˈmiːɡər]

adj. 少量且劣质的

IELTS TEM8

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

The diet should be suitable, being neither too rich nor too meagre.
膳食应该适当，即不能太油腻也不能太粗淡。
To supplement their meagre income, often he used to go fishing with his friends.
为了添补其微薄的收入，他经常与朋友们一起去钓鱼。
At least that would offer the meagre comfort of simplicity.
至少那样能让人感到简单生活下一些少有的舒适感。
But opportunities in heavily regulated financial and professional service sectors, including law and accounting, remain meagre.
但在受到严密监管的金融、及法律和会计等专业服务领域，机会依然很少。
Later this was relaxed and every inmate except those sent to solitary confinement ate the same meagre diet.
后来这又放宽了，除去单独隔离的囚犯之外，其他人都供应一样可怜的食物。
Meagre or non-existent social protection explains much of the high household savings rates that have helped finance the region's growth.
微薄或根本不存在的社会保障，在很大程度上正是该地区高储蓄率的原因所在，而这也为该地区经济增长提供了资金。
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。
The Chinese consumers spending on extravagant branded goods based on their meagre incomes is simply not sustainable.
中国消费者是基于自己那些少的可怜的收入来消费那些奢侈品牌产品，这完全是不可承受得起的。
I saw for myself the poor conditions of work and the desperate staff shortages, compounded by meagre and uncertain salaries.
我亲眼看到极差的工作条件和职员的严重短缺，还有微薄和不稳定的工资。
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。