meagre

Word family adverbmeagrelyadjectivemeagrenounmeagreness

mea·gre British EnglishBrE, meager American English /ˈmiːɡə $ -ər/ adjectiveadj

LITTLE/NOT MUCHa meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need 〔食物、钱等〕不足的，微薄的 → substantial

a meagre diet of bread and beans

不足以果腹的面包和豆子

meagre income/earnings/wages etc

He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.

他靠周六做工来补贴他微薄的收入。

a school with meagre resources

资源不足的学校

—meagrely adverbadv

—meagreness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

meagre• This has ranged from a weekly average of just 3.7 complaints in Crook to an even more meagre 2.3 in Chester-le-Street.• The fee basis for unsuccessful claims can often be extremely meagre as can profitability in general for a significant proportion of the work.• The recompense is meagre, but when combined with ideological enthusiasm it helps sustain a new type of local politician.• Government regulation offers a meagre defence against Hollywood.• Even this meagre effort is a struggle.• One can only wonder what kept Alpine dwellers pinned to their meagre existence beyond habit, tradition and nowhere else to go.• The meagre little peelings falling from her knife into water eased her, their ordinariness was a link with real life.• Local authorities across the country have therefore been unable, and unwilling, to part with their own meagre resources.

meagre resources• Local authorities across the country have therefore been unable, and unwilling, to part with their own meagre resources.• There was no prospect that the tradition-bound villagers would pool their meagre resources to experiment in collective farming.• But if you have to manage on meagre resources, you will cope well.

From Longman Business Dictionary

meagremea·gre /ˈmiːgə-ər/ British EnglishBrE, meager American EnglishAmE adjectiveadj

very small in amount

Sales rose a meager 2.5% in January.

The chairman predicts very meagre growth this year.

词汇	meagre
释义	meagre Word family adverbmeagrelyadjectivemeagrenounmeagreness mea·gre British EnglishBrE, meager American English /ˈmiːɡə $ -ər/ adjectiveadj LITTLE/NOT MUCHa meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need 〔食物、钱等〕不足的，微薄的 → substantial a meagre diet of bread and beans 不足以果腹的面包和豆子 meagre income/earnings/wages etc He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays. 他靠周六做工来补贴他微薄的收入。 a school with meagre resources 资源不足的学校 —meagrely adverbadv —meagreness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus meagre• This has ranged from a weekly average of just 3.7 complaints in Crook to an even more meagre 2.3 in Chester-le-Street.• The fee basis for unsuccessful claims can often be extremely meagre as can profitability in general for a significant proportion of the work.• The recompense is meagre, but when combined with ideological enthusiasm it helps sustain a new type of local politician.• Government regulation offers a meagre defence against Hollywood.• Even this meagre effort is a struggle.• One can only wonder what kept Alpine dwellers pinned to their meagre existence beyond habit, tradition and nowhere else to go.• The meagre little peelings falling from her knife into water eased her, their ordinariness was a link with real life.• Local authorities across the country have therefore been unable, and unwilling, to part with their own meagre resources. meagre resources• Local authorities across the country have therefore been unable, and unwilling, to part with their own meagre resources.• There was no prospect that the tradition-bound villagers would pool their meagre resources to experiment in collective farming.• But if you have to manage on meagre resources, you will cope well. From Longman Business Dictionary meagremea·gre /ˈmiːgə-ər/ British EnglishBrE, meager American EnglishAmE adjectiveadj very small in amount Sales rose a meager 2.5% in January. The chairman predicts very meagre growth this year.
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