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
- 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。 - And then sell us back a meager portion of it, at even higher prices!
然后把极小一部分以更高的价格卖给我们！ - I have a very cheap salary. I have a very meager salary.
我的工资很微薄。 - Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
除了极少量的积蓄外，他没有可以依赖的财源。 - With the assistance of several meager advances from the bookseller who was to bring it out, he succeeded.
书商给他预支了几笔数目不大的酬金，帮助他取得了成功。 - She lives on the meager income from her writing.
她靠写作那点微薄的收入生活。 - It is so meager like thin dusts that I could not even see myself.
它是如此微薄的像稀薄拂去灰尘般以至于我不能甚而看见自己。 - To eke out her meager pay, Betty turned to writing.
贝蒂为了弥补微薄的工资收入，搞起写作来。 - A: I need to find to part-time job to supplement my meager salary.
我得找份兼职，以弥补我这可怜巴巴的工资。 - What can we learn from these meager facts?
从这些贫乏的材料我们可以了解什么呢？