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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I would take the nourishment that your meager frame has to offer.
我会把你吃的东西都抢走。 - 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。 - Because of our meager understanding of Hegelian metaphysics, the study of Hegel in China is not prosperous enough.
我国黑格尔研究有些萧条，与我们对黑格尔的形而上学的理解有很大关系。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - I have a very cheap salary. I have a very meager salary.
我的工资很微薄。