meager

英 [ˈmiːgə]

美 [ˈmigər]

adj.  贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的

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英英释义

adj

• deficient in amount or quality or extent
  1. meager resources
  2. meager fare
  Synonym:meagremeagerlystingyscrimpy

双语例句

• Their food supply is meager.
  他们的食品供给少得可怜。
• 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。
• We had a meager helping of fish.
  我们吃了很小的一份鱼。
• I have a very cheap salary. I have a very meager salary.
  我的工资很微薄。
• The debit card offers meager rewards.
  这张借记卡提供的回报极其微薄。
• He had to support his family with his meager income.
  他只能靠微薄的收入来养家。
• 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。
• She lives on the meager income from her writing.
  她靠写作那点微薄的收入生活。
• 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。
• It is difficult for him to make a living on his meager salary.
  靠那样微薄的一份工资他那以维持生活。