meager是什么意思_meager的用法_词性_词根

短语搭配

双语例句

I need to find a part-time job to supplement my meager salary.

我得找份兼职以弥补我少的可怜的工资
It's difficult to raise a family on a meager income.

依靠微薄的收入是很难养家的。
A3: Because of long voyages and meager rations.

A 3：因为长期航行和有限的干粮。
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。
Why are living standards so meager in many African countries?

为何许多非洲国家的生活水平如此低下？
During their six - to 12-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。

近义词

adj.

反义词

同根词

词根 meager

释义

adj.

lacking in quantity or quality

不足的，微薄的；质量差的

(of a person or animal)lean; thin

（人或动物）瘦的，消瘦的。

(of ideas or writing)lacking fullness; unsatisfying

（思想或作品）贫乏的，不丰富的，不完备的；不令人满意的

Brit. another term for KABELJOU.

〈英〉同<Bold>KABELJOU</Bold>.

词源

"Middle English （in the sense ‘lean’）： from Old French maigre, from Latin macer.mid 16th cent.： from French, noun use of maigre ‘lean, thin’."