meager

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meager (US) adjective

or British meagre /ˈmiːgɚ/

meager (US)

adjective

or British meagre /ˈmiːgɚ/

Learner's definition of MEAGER

[more meager; most meager]

: very small or too small in amount少量的；过少的

Every morning he eats a meager breakfast of toast and coffee.每天早上他早餐吃得很少，只有吐司和咖啡。
We'll have to do the best we can with this year's meager harvest.我们必须全力以赴以对付今年的歉收。
meager wages微薄的工资
She came to this country with a fairly meager English vocabulary, but she is learning more words every day.她来到这个国家时英语词汇量很小，但是现在她每天都在学习更多的单词。

: not having enough of something (such as money or food) for comfort or happiness缺乏的；不足的

They suffered through several meager years at the beginning of their marriage.在刚结婚的头几年，他们过得很困难。
Although she's now rich and famous, she remembers her meager beginnings as a child from a poor family.尽管她现在名利双收，但她仍然记得作为穷苦家庭出身的孩子在起步时的艰难。

— meagerly

adverb

noun [noncount]

Synonyms同义词

meager, scanty, and sparse mean not having enough of what is normal, necessary, or wanted.*meager、scanty和sparse均指缺乏正常的、必需的或想要的东西。

meager suggests a lack of good or necessary things.*meager意指缺乏好的或必需的东西。

scanty stresses that something is not large enough in size or amount.*scanty强调某物在大小或数量上不够。

sparse suggests a small number of things or people that are far apart.*sparse意指物或人稀少或稀疏。