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meagre

美 [ˈmiːɡər]英 [ˈmiːɡə(r)]
  • adj.数量很少的;少量且劣质的
meagremeagre

adj.

少量且劣质的
small in quantity and poor in quality

a meagre diet of bread and water

只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭

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。

also NAmE meager
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meagre

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  • 2
    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 as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.

    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。

adj

1
deficient in amount or quality or extent
meager resources
meager fare
Synonym: meager meagerly stingy scrimpy

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  1. 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。

  2. 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。

  3. The patient isn 't restricted to a meagre diet

    并没有限制这位病人少吃东西。

  4. He had to support his family with his meagre income .

    他只能靠微薄的收入来养家。

  5. The show is drawing but a meagre audience .

    看演出的观众寥寥无几。

  6. 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。

  7. Particulars are too meagre to form a decision .

    详情不足,难以作出决断。

  8. 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。

  9. The resources of New York are rather meagre .

    纽约的娱乐场所太少了。

  10. An income from any work in preparing the first would be too meagre ;

    第一类活儿是给人做饭,肯定收入菲薄;

  11. His knowledge of Chinese history is meagre .

    他的中国历史知识很贫乏。

  12. A Meagre Exploration to the Refreshment of Laboratory Resource Managing System

    高校实验资源管理体制创新初探

  13. I was supporting a family of three on a meagre media salary .

    我在媒体微薄的工资支持着一家三口。

  14. 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。

  15. With such a meagre vocabulary , you should work hard to learn more new words .

    既然必须用功增加词汇,就是词汇不足。“Meagre”的意思应该是“不足”或“贫乏”了。

  16. 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。

  17. men may have mean and meagre faces ;

    人类可能会有难看和枯槁的脸;

  18. 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。

  19. Feasibility study on blast furnace blowing with meagre coal and meagre lean coal

    贫煤、贫瘦煤用作高炉喷吹煤的可行性研究

  20. It was difficult to live on his meagre earnings .

    他靠微薄的收入难以为生。

  21. Our knowledge regarding the effects of ionizing radiations is still meagre .

    我们关于电离辐射效应的知识仍很不足。

  22. 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。

  23. New comers cannot believe the place to be as meagre as it is described .

    因此新来乍到的人,往往不相信这个地方真像人们描述的那样贫瘠。

  24. Battle ? Against the meagre might of Earth ?

    就对付地球上羸弱的势力吗

  25. Research on the depolymerization reaction to improve the combustion properties of the lean coal and meagre coal

    解聚对贫煤和贫瘦煤燃烧性能的影响

  26. Cause Analysis of Meagre Wages of Sichuan Primary School Teachers in the 30 's of the 20th Century

    20世纪30年代四川小学教师薪资微薄及原因分析

  27. She grabbed meagre meals when she had a free moment .

    有空的时候,就草草扒拉几口饭。

  28. He gets thirty thousand pounds a year while I get a meagre fifteen !

    他每年挣30.000英镑,耗电量我却只有可怜的15000英镑!

  29. In his plain old suit of black , he looked pale and meagre .

    穿上一套朴素的黑色衣服,他越发显得苍白而瘦弱。

  30. Her knowledge of music is meagre .

    她的音乐知识很贫乏。