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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:

  1. deficient in amount or quality or extent
    同義詞:meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

例句:

  1. 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
  2. Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
    除了極少量的積蓄外,他沒有可以依賴的財源。
  3. Particulars are too meager to form a decision.
    詳情不明,難以做出裁奪。
  4. 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,scantThese 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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