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Meagre Meager Small Amount Quantity ˈmiːɡə(R ˈmiːɡər Adjective

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meagre

[ˈmi:gə(r)]

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ADJ26605
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Spoken:

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贫乏的(41%),瘦的(37%),不足的(22%)
adj.瘦的;贫弱的;贫乏的
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Collins
meagre ★☆☆☆☆
/mi͟ːgə(r)/
in AM, use 美国英语用 meager
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]数量很少的;微薄的;不足的;贫乏的 If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.
  [disapproval]
  • The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise...

    银行职员对只加薪3.1%已心生怒火。

  • Their food supply is meager.

    他们的食品供给少得可怜。


Oxford
meagre ( especially US mea·ger ) / ˈmiːɡə(r) ; NAmE ˈmiːɡər / adjective small in quantity and poor in quality 少量且劣质的 SYN
paltry
a meagre diet of bread and water 只有面包和水的简朴饮食 She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night. 她靠做夜间清洁工来补贴其微薄的收入。
meagre / ˈmiːɡə(r) ; NAmE ˈmiːɡər /
LDC
meagremea‧gre British English, meager American English /ˈmiːɡə $ -ər/ adjective
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a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you needsubstantial:  a meagre diet of bread and beansmeagre income/earnings/wages etc He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays. a school with meagre resourcesmeagrely adverbmeagreness noun [uncountable]

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