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
- We had a meager helping of fish.
我们吃了很小的一份鱼。 - 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。 - 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。 - The debit card offers meager rewards.
这张借记卡提供的回报极其微薄。 - 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。 - She lives on the meager income from her writing.
她靠写作那点微薄的收入生活。 - Roberta picked up each of his meager purchases and entered each amount into the cash register.
罗伯塔一一拿起他所买的几件东西，逐一放到收银机上计价。 - 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。 - 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！ - 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。