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adj.贫乏的⁶³;不足的¹²;瘦的²⁵副词meagerly名词meagerness
缺乏贫穷缺乏，稀少苗条，消瘦
Adjective:
deficient in amount or quality or extent;meager resources meager fare 来自古法语maigre,薄的，来自拉丁语macrum,薄的，细的，长的，大的，来自PIE*makro,细长的，词源同macro-.meagre瘦的meager profit微利
GRE红宝书分割记忆：m+eager 热心的，光靠热心解决不了贫乏
me我 + ager 更老，我一年比一年老了，一个瘦骨嶙峋，缺乏营养的老头说钱博士meag=mac-，瘦+er=ar，形容词后缀⇒瘦的，贫乏的，微薄的
词根mac-瘦来自拉丁语。meag=mac-，瘦+er=ar，形容词后缀⇒瘦的，贫乏的，微薄的。GRE难词记忆meager 音“米格”→资金贫乏，买不起米格飞机联想记忆m + eager热心的⇒光靠热心解决不了贫乏近义词 thin薄的lean倾斜lank瘦的small小的poor可怜的bare赤裸的puny微小的skinny皮的bony如骨的mean意思是meagre瘦的gaunt憔悴的scrawny瘦的lanky瘦长的bitty片断的scanty缺乏的sparse稀少的slight轻微的scarce缺乏的meagerly瘦地stingy吝啬的scant不充分的lacking缺少的scrimpy不足的exiguous稀少的rawboned瘦削的derisory嘲笑的emaciated瘦弱的miserable痛苦的beggarly像乞丐的underfed没吃饱的paltry微不足道的scraggy凹凸不平的insufficient不足的inadequate不适当的insubstantial脆弱的skimpy衣服等尺寸小的…measly俚微不足道的…undernourished营养不良的反义词 fat肥胖的rich富有的ample丰富的stout强壮的plump丰满的plentiful丰富的
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用作形容词It was medieval European monks who introduced scientific brewing techniques in an effort to produce a nutritious beverage to supplement theirmeagerdiets.正是中世纪欧洲的僧侣们引进科学的啤酒酿造技术，制造有营养的饮料，从而补充了他们贫乏的饮食。adj.small, inadequate;poor
同义词 insufficient,mere,minimum,miserable,paltry,puny,scant,scanty,skimpy,sparse,tenuousscrimpybare,barren,deficient,exiguous,flimsy,inappreciable,inconsiderable,infertile,insubstantial,little,scrimp,shabby,short,skimp,slender,slight,spare,subtle,too little too late,unfinished,unfruitful,unproductive,wanting,weak
反义词 adequate,ample,enough,generous,plentiful,rich,significant,substantial,sufficient,wealthybig,fat,full,large,liberal,plenty,wideadj.very thin
同义词 slim,tenuousangular,bare,beanpole,beanstalk,bony,broomstick,emaciated,gangling,gangly,gaunt,hungry,lacking,lank,lanky,lean,lithe,little,narrow,rattleboned,rawboned,scraggy,scrawny,skin and bones,skinny,slender,spare,starved,stinted,stunted,underfed,wanting,willowy,withered
反义词 adequate,big,fat,full,large,liberal,plenty,substantial,sufficient,wide
bareadjective simple, unadorned
austere,bald,basic,blunt,chaste,cold,essential,hard,literal,mere,modest,scant,severe,sheer,simple,spare,stark,unembellished,unornamented
barestadjective simple, unadorned
austere,bald,basic,blunt,chaste,cold,essential,hard,literal,meager,mere,modest,scant,severe,sheer,simple,spare,stark,unembellished,unornamented
beggarlyadjective poor
abject,broke,destitute,down-and-out,inadequate,low,meager,mean,poverty-stricken
deficientadjective imperfect, inadequate
amiss,bad,damaged,defective,exiguous,faulty,flawed,found wanting,impaired,incomplete,inferior,infrequent,injured,insufficient,lacking,marred,meager,not cut out for,not enough,not make it,not up to scratch,outta gas,rare,scant,scanty,scarce,second fiddle,second string,short,shy,sketchy,skimpy,third-string,unassembled,unequal,unfinished,unsatisfactory,wanting,weak
economicaladjective conservative with resources;careful
avaricious,canny,chary,circumspect,close,closefisted,cost-effective,curmudgeonly,efficient,frugal,meager,mean,methodical,miserly,money-saving,on the rims,parsimonious,penny-pinching,penny-wise,penurious,practical,provident,prudent,prudential,saving,scrimping,skimping,spare,sparing,stingy,thrifty,tight,time-saving,unwasteful,watchful,work-saving
emaciatedadjective undernourished;thin
anorexic,atrophied,attenuate,attenuated,bony,cadaverous,consumptive,famished,gaunt,haggard,lank,lean,like a bag of bones,meager,peaked,pinched,scrawny,skeletal,skeletonlike,skin and bones,skinny,starved,thin as a rail,underfed,wasted,wizened As I sat on the deck nursing a book and the fire cooking our dinner, the photovoltaic lights on the plastic tables on the patio winked on with meager yet thrillingly unexpected rays of light.
篝火烤着我们的晚餐的时候，我抱着本书坐在露天平台上，光电池发出的光照在露台上的塑料桌子上，随着微弱然而突然颤动的火光而闪烁。 yeeyan
It is because these products are cheap, and given people's meager salaries these ersatz goods are often their only option.
因为这些产品价格低廉，他们微薄的收入只能去消费这些假冒伪劣产品。 yeeyan
It is feared that Ukraine and Kazakhstan will follow Russia's example to ban export of their meager grain harvests.
市场担忧乌克兰和哈萨克斯坦由于收成不好，也将效仿俄罗斯禁止小麦出口。 www.chinadaily.com.cn
The mountain people made infrequent trips down the slopes and out of the hollows to supplement their meager lives with the essentials; coffee, sugar, flour, and sweet wheat middling.
人们偶尔的旅行就是顺着山坡直下走出山谷来买些生活必需品补充贫瘠的生活，咖啡、糖、面粉和中等的甜麦等。 yeeyan
Actors would gather outside what was left of the building to pick up their meager salaries.
演员们不得不聚集在大楼残骸外面来获取微薄的收入。 ebigear
Berea is ranked67th in U.S. News's2011 rankings of best liberal arts colleges and only admits students hailing from meager financial backgrounds.
伯里亚学院在 U.S.N ews的2011年文理学院排名中位居第67名，并且只录取出身贫乏的学生。 blog.sina.com.cn
But they may find they have few options because the impoverished North's meager international finances have already been curtailed by sanctions.
但是，他们可能会发现他们几乎找不到什么手段，因为贫穷朝鲜本来已微薄国际资金早已经由于制裁而大量减少。 yeeyan
Do I ask you to come into my workplace and supplement my meager income?
我问过你来我的办公室看看，然后补充一下我贫瘠的收入嘛？ yeeyan
Do you think those savings are meager, or not worth the effort?
你认为这些节省的开支是微薄的，或者是不值得努力获得的吗？ yeeyan
During their six- to12- week voyages they lived on meager rations.
在6到12周的航行中，他们依靠微薄的口粮生存。 yeeyan
He was very good to me, gave me some research work to supplement my meager income, and invited me to his house for dinner.
他对我非常不错，让我做一些研究工作来贴补我那微薄的收入，他还邀请过我到他家去吃饭。 yeeyan
His meager wage is not enough to support their five children.
靠他一个人的微薄工资不足以养活他们的五个孩子。《21世纪大英汉词典》
In this landscape of competing political and tribal authorities, where officials leverage their individual authority to supplement their meager incomes, interest groups fill the voids.
在这种各政治派别以及各部落之间勾心斗角的博弈的背景下，政府官员和部落头领利用他们手中的权力来补充他们微薄的收入，这时利益集团乘虚而入。 yeeyan
Indeed, Reagan ushered in an era in which a small minority grew vastly rich, while working families saw only meager gains.
的确，里根引入了一个新的时代，在这个时代里一小部分人迅速地累计财富，而工薪家庭却只能得到微薄的收入。 yeeyan
It gave him security and a sense of well being, hope and dreams of a future filled with good food and a life different from this meager existence.
它让约翰觉得安心和幸福感，希望和一个充满美味食物的未来，一个完全不同于他现在贫穷，饥饿的生存现状的世界。 yeeyan
Local governments have long had to tap other sources of income to supplement their meager share of the country's taxes.
地方政府长久以来就不得不开拓其他收入来源，以补充他们在国家税收当中可以得到的微薄份额。 blog.sina.com.cn
Other elderly people resort to petty theft to increase their meager purchasing power.
一些老人小偷小摸，以增加他们微薄的购买力。 yeeyan
Residents turn to the hawkers for quick meals and cheap goods, and the vendors rely on the meager earnings to scratch out a living.
居民开始在买小贩的快餐和便宜的商品，而商贩们则依赖于微薄的收入维持生存。 yeeyan
Rodriguez said his monthly government ration card plus his and his wife’s meager salaries only covered two weeks’ worth of food.
他表示自己的政府月配给卡加上夫妻两人微薄的工资仅够支持两个星期的食物。 yeeyan
This is why artists scrape together a meager living for an average of seven years before being noticed.
这就是为什么艺术家们在被注意之前要赞足平均七年时间的贫寒生活。 bbs.chinadaily.com.cn
Unemployed factory workers often return to their hometown, because there is zero benefit of them staying in the city, while they could earn a meager wage in their hometown.
失业的工厂工人通常会返回自己的家乡，因为留在城市中，他们的不会获得任何的福利，然而回到家乡，他们却还能挣到一份微薄的工资。 yeeyan
We never complain that our wages are low, we never lose our mental balance due to those big townhouses you bought with the money you took from my meager wage.
我们没有因为工资微薄而抱怨过，没有因为你们拿着从我微薄工资里扣的税，住着连体排屋而心里失衡过。 yeeyan
Well known Indian author and columnist Gurcharan Das said the farming sector, where two thirds of the country works, is in a state of decline and earnings are meager.
印度著名专栏作家古查兰·达斯说，占印度劳动人口三分之二的农业人口，目前正处人数下降，收入微薄的状态。 putclub
Yet, despite the meager payoffs of their college degrees, many graduates think the solution is more school, and more debt.
当前，大学学位的回报正在下降，许多毕业生认为解决方式是有更多的学校和更多的债务。 yeeyan |