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
- Spark ignited with our meager minds of the perfect career.
用我们微薄的星火点燃心中理想的事业。 - He related how on several occasions he was robbed of his meager possessions and beaten.
他讲述他怎么好几次被人抢走他贫乏的财产和被打。 - 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 have a very cheap salary. I have a very meager salary.
我的工资很微薄。 - I dare to presume my own meager contributions will be rewarded one day.
我想我也有一天能得到奖赏吧。 - I would take the nourishment that your meager frame has to offer.
我会把你吃的东西都抢走。 - People who do well financially ask different questions as they look at investments than people who produce meager rewards.
善于理财地人和小打小闹的人在投资机会面前，所问出的问题是不一样的。 - It was from Granny's conversations, year after year, that the meager details of Grandpa's life came to me.
年复一年，我从姥姥的谈话中对姥爷的生活琐事有了不太详细的了解。 - With meager funding, they had to use army personnel and civilians to tend to many parks and monuments.
因为微薄的资金投入，他们不得不借用军队人员和平民来照管公园和博物馆。 - Local governments have long had to tap other sources of income to supplement their meager share of the country's taxes.
地方政府长久以来就不得不开拓其他收入来源，以补充他们在国家税收当中可以得到的微薄份额。