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

• Low rates help this process by effectively reducing the value of money invested today-think of the meager interest you get from your bank-and increasing the importance of future returns.
  低利率有助于投资者着眼长期，因为它实际上降低了今天所投入资金的价值（想想你把钱存在银行那点微薄的利息）、增加了将来所取得回报的价值。
• He depends for his livelihood upon a meager income.
  他依靠微薄的收入过活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
  他分到的那一点点煤气必须留着急用。
• Yet, sincerity and hard work had yielded only meager returns, and I was willing to try anything.
  不过既然从前的热诚和辛劳回报甚微，我什么都愿意尝试一番。
• 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。