meager
音標['mi:gә] 讀音漢語翻譯
a. 質量差的, 貧乏的, 不毛的, 瘦的詞型變化:
名詞:meagerness 副詞:meagerly英文解釋:
形容詞 meager:
- deficient in amount or quality or extent同義詞:meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
例句:
- A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration.少量津貼很少一部分金錢補助、工資或津貼
- Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
- Particulars are too meager to form a decision.詳情不明,難以做出裁奪。
- He had to support his family with his meager income.他只能靠微薄的收入來養家。
詳細解釋:
meager 也作 mea.gre
adj.(形容詞)Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.不足的,缺乏的:在數量、程度或範圍上缺乏的;不足的Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble:貧乏的:在豐富度、肥沃度或生命力上不足的;虛弱的:例句:the meager soil of an eroded plain.被侵蝕的貧瘠平原
Having little flesh; lean.肉少的;瘦的
來源:Middle English megre [thin] 中古英文 megre [細的,瘦的] from Old French 源自 古法文 from Latin macer * see m3k- 源自 拉丁語 macer *參見 m3k-
【引伸】
mea.gerly
adv.(副詞)mea.gerness
n.(名詞)<參考辭彙><同義詞>meager,spare,sparse,skimpy,scanty,scant同義詞>These adjectives mean lacking in quantity, fullness, or extent.這些形容詞都有在數量、程度、範圍上缺乏和不足的意思。 Meager suggests leanness ( Meager 有細、瘦的含義( 例句:a small, meager woman); in a less specific senseit implies an insufficiency of what is needed for completeness or richness: 一個瘦小的女人); 在略廣的含義上,它指是的缺乏所需求的完整或豐富:
例句:meager fare;不足的費用;
例句:meager resources.匱乏的資源。
例句:.The report that first reached us through the newspapers was meager and contradictory. (Thomas B. Aldrich)..最初通過報紙傳到我們這裡的報導既不全面又互相矛盾.。 (托馬斯B. 奧爾德里奇).
Spare implies bare sufficiency without excess: Spare 隱含.勉強夠,沒有任何餘地.的意思: 例句:The library had a spare but efficient look about it.這個圖書館給人一種簡單,但卻很有效的感覺。
例句:The author`s style is spare and elegant.這個作者有一種不加渲染的優雅風格。
Sparse indicates a lack of density and a thin distribution of units: Sparse 指缺乏密集度和不充足的分布: 例句:a sparse hedge;稀疏的樹籬;
例句:sparse hair;稀疏的頭髮;
例句:.a party which as yet was . . . an unorganized mob-thick in one place, sparse in another. (Walter Besant)..一個迄今還是…時而亂鬨鬨地沒有組織,時而稀稀落落的黨派. (華特·貝贊特)。
Skimpy implies inadequacy, as in length or fullness, such as might result from frugality or stinginess: Skimpy 指因為吝嗇而造成的長度、數量的不足: 例句:a skimpy dress;不夠長的裙子;
例句:a skimpy allowance.不夠花的零用錢。
例句:The skimpy rug barely covers the floor.不夠大的地毯勉強蓋住了地板。
Scanty implies a lack of sufficiency, as in extent, quantity, or degree: Scanty 指在範圍、數量、程度上的不足: 例句:His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.他的數學知識淺顯、貧乏。
例句:The farmer`s financial difficulties were caused by a scanty harvest.這個農民的經濟困難是因為收成不足造成的。
Scant applies to what is barely enough ( Scant 用於指勉強夠( 例句:gave us scant respect) or to what falls short of an expected or desired amount ( 給我們剛剛足夠的尊重), 或指未達到預期的數量(
例句:The movers gave me a scant hour`s notice of their arrival). 搬家的人只通知給我們短短的一小時,他們就來了)
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