meagre
英 [ˈmiːɡə(r)]
美 [ˈmiːɡər]
adj. 少量且劣质的
Collins.1 / BNC.9500 / COCA.38175
牛津词典
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。
- a meagre diet of bread and water
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。 - Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。
- The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise...
in AM, use 美国英语用 meager
英英释义
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The resources of New York are rather meagre.
纽约的娱乐场所太少了。 - He warns, though, that the meagre first-quarter growth result depended on heavy government stimulus measures.
但他警告说，第一季度微弱的经济增长来自于政府的大力经济刺激措施。 - 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。 - 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。 - I get only meagre pay.
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