meagre

英['miːɡə(r)] 美['miːɡər]
  • adj. 瘦的;不足的;贫乏的
  • =meager(美).
TEM8 IELTS
Adjective:
  1. deficient in amount or quality or extent;

    "meager resources"
    "meager fare"

1. The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise.
银行职员对只加薪3.1%已心生怒火。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet.
并没有限制这位病人少吃东西。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a meagre diet of bread and water
只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭

来自《权威词典》

4. The diet should be suitable, being neither too rich nor too meagre.
膳食应该适当, 即不能太油腻也不能太粗淡.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The show is drawing but a meagre audience.
看演出的观众寥寥无几.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Blackberries are not plentiful in this meagre grove, but they are easily seen from the public footpath which traverses it, and all too easily gathered.
      在这片贫乏的园林里,黑刺莓本来就不多,可是公共小径横穿园林,黑刺莓极易让人看见,采集起来也不费周折。