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meagre

基本词汇

英 [ˈmi:gə(r)]

美 [ˈmiɡɚ]

adj.瘦的;不足的;贫乏的

  • 英英释义

  • 词典解释

  • 网络解释

adj

1. deficient in amount or quality or extent

e.g. meager resources
meager fare

Synonym: meagermeagerlystingyscrimpy

in AM, use 美国英语用 meager

1. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。

1. meagre的翻译

1. 瘦的:meagerly 瘦地 | meagre 瘦的 | meagrely 瘦地

2. 贫乏的:lustre 光泽 luster | meagre 贫乏的 meager | millimetre 毫米 millimeter

3. 瘦的,贫弱的:mate 配偶,同伴 v.交配 | meagre 瘦的,贫弱的 | mostdistinctive最最杰出的,典型的

4. 不足的:knot 结 | meagre 不足的 | perimeter 周边

  • 经典引文

  • He calls for Famine, and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivelled teeth.

    出自:W. Cowper
  • The meagre condition of his horse.

    出自:Sir W. Scott
  • A meagre wiry old fellow.

    出自:W. Irving
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Most cities and states will collect only meagre revenues for at least the next year.(大部分的城市和州最慢至明年税收都将少得可怜。)
Certainly, the record of the past decade has been meagre.(当然,过去十年里,他取得的成绩微不足道。)
This seems a meagre return for over six years of negotiations.(付出了长达6年多的谈判,这么点回报似乎太少。)
But it is a meagre sandbag against the rising waters of unemployment.(但这对不断增加的失业人数来说,只是杯水车薪。)
The diet should be suitable, being neither too rich nor too meagre.(饮食应该适当,既不能太油腻也不能太粗淡。)
The meagre Latin class recited with honor.(只有几个人的拉丁语班充满自豪地背诵。)
Even the current package is meagre.(实际上即使是现在提供的救济也是微不足道的。)
Venture into this terrain and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls this home: farming is out of the question and nature offers meagre pickings.(冒险进入这片土地,你就会对任何一个把这里称为家的人所面临的困难有一些了解:耕作是不可能的,而大自然却只能提供微薄的收成。)
Meagre returns have not helped.(基金微薄的回报也帮不上什么忙。)
Particulars are too meagre to form a decision.(详情不足,难以作出决断。)
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