| 单词 | meagre |
| 释义 | meagre adjective UK(USmeager)uk/ˈmiː.ɡər/us/ˈmiː.ɡɚ/(ofamountsornumbers) verysmallor not enough: （数量）很少的，不足的a meagresalary微薄的薪水 Theprisonersexistedon a meagrediet.囚犯们靠少得可怜的食物维持生存。 Synonym stingyinformaldisapproving Scarce, inadequate and not enough
meagre| Business Englishmeagre adjective UK(USmeager)uk/ˈmiːɡər/usverysmallinamountornumberor not enough inamountornumber: Manufacturingoutputroseby a meagre 0.1% inSeptember. Her meagresalaryis not enough topayherlivingexpenses. Examplesofmeagremeagre In 1936, 450,000 older people received themeagrebenefits granted to the poor, among them many redundant and unemployed older workers. From theCambridge English Corpus Efforts to find empirical evidence of opportunistic business cycles have turned up rathermeagreresults. From theCambridge English Corpus Table 4 gives the birth rank of obese children in sibships of sizes 2 and 3; data for larger sibships are toomeagrefor consideration. From theCambridge English Corpus Wages and other official payments to loyal employees weremeagredue to the state's financial difficulties during the war. From theCambridge English Corpus The work represents quite an achievement given themeagrefunding available to polar tourism researchers. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of those who witnessed this new player on the political stage rushed home to hide theirmeagrepossessions in safe places. From theCambridge English Corpus This view is a rather mean andmeagrevision of democracy. From theCambridge English Corpus But parish resources weremeagreand even the deserving might have to await the death of other paupers before receiving relief. From theCambridge English Corpus Attempts to detect non-randomness by examination of cell counts alone, when those counts represent ameagresample of sparsely distributed individuals, can only prove frustrating. From theCambridge English Corpus The results were rathermeagre, most noticeably in the courtrooms. From theCambridge English Corpus Critics have averred that war crimes trials aremeagretools for advancing the claims of traumatic history, being essentially reductive and individualistic. From theCambridge English Corpus One disappointment is the rathermeagreuse of interview material. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet he was almost certainly hugely grateful that such an opportunity allowed him to supplement his otherwisemeagreincome. From theCambridge English Corpus From such a viewpoint, quitting may seem to have a toomeagreprospect of succeeding to be worth trying. From theCambridge English Corpus I am aware that all these omissions may render the material presented here somewhatmeagre. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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