| 单词 | meagre |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔living〕She eked out a meagre / meager living as an artist's model.她靠当画模勉强为生。牛津搭配〔manage〕He managed on the meagre income his wife earned.他靠妻子挣来的些微收入勉强过活。英汉大词典〔meagre〕Her knowledge of music is meagre.她的音乐知识很贫乏。英汉大词典〔meagre〕In spite of her meagre Hebrew, she was perhaps the most acclimated.她的希伯来语尽管讲得不好,但恐怕倒是她最适应环境。英汉大词典〔meagre〕It was difficult to live on his meagre earnings.靠他那么一点工资生活是很困难的。英汉大词典〔meagre〕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。牛津高阶〔meagre〕Staff were given a meagre 3.1% pay rise.员工们只得到少得可怜的3.1%的加薪。外研社新世纪〔meagre〕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。柯林斯高阶〔meagre〕The prisoners existed on a meagre diet.囚犯们靠少得可怜的食物维持生存。剑桥高阶〔pickings〕Companies are put off investing in poor areas because of the meagre pickings to be had.因为没什么油水可捞，各公司都延迟了在贫困地区投资。朗文当代〔pull on〕Few of us can ever pull on with such meagre salaries.就这点菲薄的工资，没有几个人应付得了。剑桥高阶〔ration〕The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations) .犯人排队领取他们微薄的口粮。朗文当代〔ration〕The refugees waited for their meagre / meager rations of soup.难民们等待着少得可怜的配给汤。牛津搭配〔restrict〕The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet.并没有限制这位病人少吃东西。柯林斯高阶〔supply〕The injured climbers had only meagre / meager supplies of water and peanuts to live off.受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存。牛津搭配〔wage〕He busked to supplement his meagre wages.他靠街头卖艺来贴补微薄的工资。牛津搭配〔while〕He gets £50,000 a year while I get a meagre £20,000! 他每年挣5万英镑，而我只有可怜的2万！剑桥高阶He gets thirty thousand pounds a year while I get a meagre fifteen! 他每年挣30,000英镑，而我却只有可怜的15 000英镑！剑桥国际He had to use his own meagre earnings to continue his research and often found himself in extreme poverty.他靠着微薄的收入维持着研究工作，不时地会发现自己处于极度贫困之中。剑桥国际Sales rose by a meagre 0.1%.销售额微增 0.1%。牛津商务The crowd should be larger than the meagre 13 000 who watched the last match.这次比赛的观众应多于上次那可怜的13 000人。剑桥国际When pressed, he contributed a meagre ￡5.他几经催促后才捐了区区5英镑。剑桥国际While he was in prison, he was served a meagre diet of rice, bread and gruel.当他在狱中时，供应他的简陋的伙食是米饭，面包和粥。剑桥国际 |
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