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meager 也作 mea·gre AHD[mēʹgər] D.J.[ˈmiːgə]K.K.[ˈmigɚ]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：the meager soil of an eroded plain.被侵蚀的贫瘠平原
- Having little flesh; lean.肉少的；瘦的
- 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 māk- 源自 拉丁语 macer * 参见 māk-
meaʹgerly adv.（副词）meaʹgerness n.（名词）meager, spare, sparse, skimpy, scanty, scant- 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。
- Meager suggests leanness ( Meager 有细、瘦的含义( 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： meager fare;不足的费用；meager resources.匮乏的资源。"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： 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。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： a sparse hedge;稀疏的树篱；sparse hair;稀疏的头发；"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： a skimpy dress;不够长的裙子；a skimpy allowance.不够花的零用钱。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： His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。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( 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( 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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