meager

形容词 meager:

1. deficient in amount or quality or extent
   同义词：meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

1. A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration.
   少量津贴很少一部分金钱补助、工资或津贴
2. Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
   除了极少量的积蓄外，他没有可以依赖的财源。
3. Particulars are too meager to form a decision.
   详情不明，难以做出裁夺。
4. He had to support his family with his meager income.
   他只能靠微薄的收入来养家。

meager 也作 mea.gre

adj.（形容词）
Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
不足的，缺乏的：在数量、程度或范围上缺乏的；不足的
Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble:
贫乏的：在丰富度、肥沃度或生命力上不足的；虚弱的：
例句：
the meager soil of an eroded plain.
被侵蚀的贫瘠平原

Having little flesh; lean.
肉少的；瘦的

来源：
Middle English megre [thin]
中古英语 megre [细的，瘦的]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin macer * see m3k-
源自 拉丁语 macer *参见 m3k-

【引伸】
mea.gerly
adv.（副词）
mea.gerness
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>meager,spare,sparse,skimpy,scanty,scantThese adjectives mean lacking in quantity, fullness, or extent.
这些形容词都有在数量、程度、范围上缺乏和不足的意思。
Meager suggests leanness (
Meager 有细、瘦的含义(
例句：
a small, meager woman); in a less specific senseit implies an insufficiency of what is needed for completeness or richness:
一个瘦小的女人)； 在略广的含义上，它指是的缺乏所需求的完整或丰富：

例句：
meager fare;
不足的费用；

例句：
meager resources.
匮乏的资源。

例句：
.The report that first reached us through the newspapers was meager and contradictory. (Thomas B. Aldrich).
.最初通过报纸传到我们这里的报道既不全面又互相矛盾.。 （托马斯B. 奥尔德里奇）.

Spare implies bare sufficiency without excess:
Spare 隐含.勉强够，没有任何余地.的意思：
例句：
The library had a spare but efficient look about it.
这个图书馆给人一种简单，但却很有效的感觉。

例句：
The author`s style is spare and elegant.
这个作者有一种不加渲染的优雅风格。

Sparse indicates a lack of density and a thin distribution of units:
Sparse 指缺乏密集度和不充足的分布：
例句：
a sparse hedge;
稀疏的树篱；

例句：
sparse hair;
稀疏的头发；

例句：
.a party which as yet was . . . an unorganized mob-thick in one place, sparse in another. (Walter Besant).
.一个迄今还是…时而乱哄哄地没有组织，时而稀稀落落的党派. （华特·贝赞特）。

Skimpy implies inadequacy, as in length or fullness, such as might result from frugality or stinginess:
Skimpy 指因为吝啬而造成的长度、数量的不足：
例句：
a skimpy dress;
不够长的裙子；

例句：
a skimpy allowance.
不够花的零用钱。

例句：
The skimpy rug barely covers the floor.
不够大的地毯勉强盖住了地板。

Scanty implies a lack of sufficiency, as in extent, quantity, or degree:
Scanty 指在范围、数量、程度上的不足：
例句：
His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。

例句：
The farmer`s financial difficulties were caused by a scanty harvest.
这个农民的经济困难是因为收成不足造成的。

Scant applies to what is barely enough (
Scant 用于指勉强够(
例句：
gave us scant respect) or to what falls short of an expected or desired amount (
给我们刚刚足够的尊重)， 或指未达到预期的数量(

例句：
The movers gave me a scant hour`s notice of their arrival).
搬家的人只通知给我们短短的一小时，他们就来了)