meagre是什么意思？

meagre

英[ˈmi:gə(r)] 美[ˈmiɡɚ]

• adj. 瘦的，贫弱的，思想贫乏的，土地不毛的；

例句

• The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off. 受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存。
• 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.
• a meagre diet of bread and water 只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭
• 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。
• Our knowledge regarding the effects of ionizing radiations is still meagre. 我们关于电离辐射效应的知识仍很不足.
• The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet... 并没有限制这位病人少吃东西。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  数量很少的;微薄的;不足的;贫乏的
  If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.
  例句
  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。 Their food supply is meager. 他们的食品供给少得可怜。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  (在数量、质量、力量等方面)贫乏的,不足的
  The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off. 受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. deficient in amount or quality or extent;
  "meager resources""meager fare"