[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 USmea·ger)/ˈmiːɡə(r); NAmEˈmiːɡər/adjectivesmall 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); NAmEˈmiːɡər/
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 need → substantial: a meagre diet of bread and beansmeagre income/earnings/wages etc He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays. a school with meagre resources—meagrely adverb—meagreness noun [uncountable]
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