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meager

/mee-ger/US // ˈmi gər //

微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
    • : having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger.
    • : maigre.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.small, inadequate; poor
Synonyms
insufficient不够,不足,不充分,不够充分mere单纯的,纯粹的,单纯,纯粹是minimum最低限度,最少,最低限度的,最少的miserable悲惨的,凄惨的,凄惨,悲惨的事paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风scant寥寥无几,稀少的,少量的,少量scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄skimpy马虎了事,马虎,马虎不得,马虎的sparse稀少的,稀疏的,稀疏,寥寥无几tenuous脆弱的,勉强,脆弱,棘手的scrimpy小气,小气的,小气鬼,马虎bare光光的,赤裸裸的,光光,裸露的barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的deficient亏损,亏损的,亏欠,欠缺exiguous冗长的,冗长,毗连的,毗连flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的inappreciable难能可贵,不值一提,不值钱,不值钱的inconsiderable微不足道,不足道,不足为奇,不足道的infertile不孕不育,不育,不能生育,没有生育能力insubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性little少许,少,少量,少少scrimp吝啬,吝啬鬼,缩水,缩减shabby寒酸,寒酸的,破烂不堪,褴褛的short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂skimp敷衍了事,一带而过,俭省,敷衍塞责slender纤细,纤细的,苗条,苗条的slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间subtle微妙的,微妙,巧妙的,巧妙too little too late太少太晚,太少太迟,太少太晚了,太少太迟了unfinished未完成的,未完成,未结束的,未完结unfruitful不结果实的,不结果实,不结果的,不结实的unproductive无益的,徒劳无功,徒劳无功的,无成效的wanting想要,想要的,希望,要的weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱
adj.very thin

Examples

  • They grow hungry and decide to split an apple, but half an apple feels meager.

  • In a world inundated with self-prescribed hacks, quick fixes, and countless other silver bullets—the majority of which are plentiful on promises yet meager on results—it’s easy to forget the importance of hard work.

  • Despite meager supply and swift home-price growth, the purchase market remains strong.

  • Instead, the returns have been meager, as the Office of Lottery and Gaming’s interim executive director Ridgely Bennett acknowledged in a council hearing last month.

  • The series takes a group of strangers from different walks of life and strands them in the wilderness with only the clothes on their backs and some meager supplies.

  • Especially in a country where the minimum wage is a meager $3.00 an hour.

  • Rising to retrieve it, I offer her what meager reassurance I can muster.

  • He called on his parents not to accept any “meager compensation” for his death.

  • Look through that PDF I just linked to and feast on the meager amounts earmarked for democracy and assistance programs.

  • Personal consumption expenditures—people buying stuff—grew at a meager one percent rate in the first quarter.

  • This report, however, was very meager and lacking in any profusion of mechanical detail.

  • I have no memory of either parent and my information concerning them is meager and second hand.

  • The surname Thin has the same meaning as Meagre, from which the common name Meager comes.

  • Old Lewson, the man who sat under the apple tree, gave his meager property to his children.

  • A human lamprey, sticking himself always at the thin and meager board of the poor, a vile parasite, but holy!