| 单词 | meager |
| 释义 | meager['mi:gə]a. 质量差的, 贫乏的, 不毛的, 瘦的 meager meager 也作 mea.gre AHD: [m¶“g…r] D.J. [6mi8g*]K.K. [6mig+]adj.（形容词）1. 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2. 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：the meager soil of an eroded plain.被侵蚀的贫瘠平原3. Having little flesh; lean.肉少的；瘦的语源:1. Middle English megre [thin] 中古英语 megre [细的，瘦的] 2. from Old French 源自 古法语 3. from Latin macer * see m³k- 源自 拉丁语 macer *参见 m³k- 继承用法:mea“gerly adv.（副词）mea“gerness n.（名词）参考词汇:1. meager,spare,sparse,skimpy,scanty,scant2. These 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。3. Meager suggests leanness ( Meager 有细、瘦的含义( “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）.4. Spare implies bare sufficiency without excess: Spare 隐含“勉强够，没有任何余地”的意思： The author's style is spare and elegant.这个作者有一种不加渲染的优雅风格。5. 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： “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）。6. 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： The skimpy rug barely covers the floor.不够大的地毯勉强盖住了地板。7. 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： 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。8. Scant applies to what is barely enough ( Scant 用于指勉强够( 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) |
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