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单词 exiguous
释义
exiguous
adjective
formal
uk
/eɡˈzɪɡ.ju.əs/us
/eɡˈzɪɡ.ju.əs/
verysmallinsizeoramount:
稀少的；细微的；微小的
I got ateachingjobat an exiguousrateofpay.我得到了一份工资微薄的教书工作。
Synonyms
diminutive
dinkyinformal
infinitesimalformal
itsy-bitsyhumorous
little(SMALL)
microscopicinformalhumorous
midget
mini-
miniature
minute
small(LITTLE)
teensyinformal
teenyinformal
weeScottish Englishorinformal
weenyUKinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not great in size, amount, etc.
  • smallI live in a small town.
  • littleShe's a good little girl.
  • a littleI just want a little ice cream.
  • a little (bit)I was a little bit upset that she ate the last piece of cake.
  • tinyHis body was covered in tiny red spots.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Extremely small
  • atomized
  • be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom
  • fractional
  • imperceptible
  • incy
  • indiscernibly
  • itsy-bitsy
  • itty-bitty
  • knee-high
  • Lilliputian
  • microscopic
  • nano-
  • slim
  • subatomic
  • teensy
  • teeny
  • tiddly
  • tincy
  • vanishingly
  • weeny
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(Definition ofexiguousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexiguous

exiguous
The next phase in government's reactions was to cut back severely on suchexiguous'relief' as was doled out, even to those relatively few refugees who had 'registered' on time.
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Cavan was unable to scale up these experiments and to conduct large-scale field exercises because of theexiguousstate of the army at home.
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Langford's own treatment of parliamentary enclosure isexiguous.
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Never did a politician in a difficulty or a swimmer swimming in a stormy sea clutch at a moreexiguousand inadequate straw.
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The trusts sometimes have to employ solicitors, and fees will be a further charge on a veryexiguousincome.
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In order to buttress hisexiguouscase he was reduced to praying in aid alleged and, save in one instance, unquoted statements of other persons.
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Looking the existing position in the face, rations get steadily a little moreexiguous.
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I myself have been surprised at the work which they succeed in doing with theexiguousstaff which has been placed at their disposal.
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But the point was an extremely subtle, remote andexiguousone.
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In current conditions—and this is a serious argument—exporting electrical plant means being satisfied withexiguousprofit margins in many cases.
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If their contribution was meagre last session, it has been even moreexiguouson this occasion.
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The rest were subject only to theexiguousnegative resolution procedure.
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Of course, it can be got out of the students'exiguousamounts of money which they have to spend.
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The constraint in subsection (1) is so minimal as to beexiguous.
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For all this they are paid little more than an expert steelworker; and for thisexiguouspay they have normally to support two residences.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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