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

• But meagre compensation for the loss of that most uncommon of online commoners.
  但这远远无法弥补他的离世带来的损失，因为我们失去的是网络大众中最不同寻常的人物。
• His knowledge of Chinese history is meagre.
  他的中国历史知识很贫乏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Understate one's losses, eg of money, troops I get only meagre pay.
  少报损失（如金钱、兵员的损失）.我只得到很少的报酬。
• Her meagre contribution to our funds
  她给我们基金的微薄捐款