meager

['mi:gə]

adj. 贫乏的, 不足的, 瘦的

a.

1. 瘦的

meager arms

瘦削的手臂

2. 粗劣的; 不足的; 贫乏的

meager cultural resources

贫乏的文化资源

He could not support his family on his meager salary.

他靠微薄的工资无法养家。

词形变化

副词: meagerly | 名词: meagerness |

词义辨析

同义:

ad.贫乏的, 不足的

scarce  scanty  scant  exiguous  poor  inadequate  insufficient  lacking  slight  skimpy  beggarly  sparse  bare

ad.(人等)瘦的, 营养不良的

lean  thin  skinny  lank  lanky  gaunt  scraggy  scrawny  emaciated  underfed  undernourished  bony  rawboned

a.瘦的; 贫弱的

poor  scanty  thin  lean  sparse  skimpy  

同义参见:

puny  lean  

反义:

a.瘦的; 贫弱的

stout  fat  plump  rich  ample  plentiful  

英英释义

形容词 meager:

deficient in amount or quality or extent

同义词：meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

补充

meagermeager英:[ˈmi:ɡə] 美:[ˈmiɡɚ]n.1.兆

例句

1. Every morning he eats a meager breakfast of toast and coffee.每天早上他早餐吃得很少，只有吐司和咖啡。 2. We'll have to do the best we can with this year's meager harvest.我们必须全力以赴以对付今年的歉收。 3. meager wages微薄的工资 4. "She came to this country with a fairly meager English vocabulary, but she is learning more words every day."她来到这个国家时英语词汇量很小，但是现在她每天都在学习更多的单词。 5. They suffered through several meager years at the beginning of their marriage.在刚结婚的头几年，他们过得很困难。 6. "Although she's now rich and famous, she remembers her meager beginnings as a child from a poor family."尽管她现在名利双收，但她仍然记得作为穷苦家庭出身的孩子在起步时的艰难。 7. They lived meagerly in order to save money.他们为了省钱过得很节俭。 8. They lived on a meager diet of rice and vegetables.他们只靠米饭和蔬菜过日子。 9. She earned a meager income of five dollars a day.她每天只有五美元的微薄收入。 10. She was wearing a scanty black dress.她穿着一件过小的黑色连衣裙。 11. We had a scanty supply of water.我们的供水不足。 12. His hair had become white and sparse.他的头发变白变稀了。 13. It's a large country with a sparse population.这是个地广人稀的国家。