| 单词 | meagerly |
| 例句 | On the contrary, I was amazed and sometimes saddened by the pride people took in jobs that rewarded them so meagerly, either in wages or in recognition. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The door, meagerly, opened and he saw within the apartment a fragmented and misaligned shrinking figure, a girl who cringed and slunk away and yet held onto the door, as if for physical support. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The path to Yang’s guest spot on the HBO show—which would eventually lead to a recurring role—was paved with a lot of meagerly paid open-mic nights. 'Patriots Day' Star Jimmy O. Yang on Playing an American Hero 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z That meagerly furnished floor, with its “ill-lit, carpetless corridor,” reminds Krull of the terrors of the halls in the barracks he had hoped to escape in the grand hotel in Paris. The dying world of “Grand Budapest Hotel” 2014-03-07T23:59:00Z When a professorship of Latin at University College London opened up, the meagerly paid government clerk and Oxford flunkout applied for the job. The enduring allure of A.E. Housman’s poetry 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z After the wheel landed at 95 cents, Choi celebrated again, this time yelling and meagerly lifting his uninjured left arm as his wife leaped and threw both hands in the air. A 'Price Is Right' contestant celebrated so hard that he injured himself during filming 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z It matters, on a scale between micro and meagerly important, who the fifth starter is behind Gore, Gray, Cavalli and Corbin, then the sixth starter behind that guy, then the seventh starter behind that guy. Analysis | Nationals’ rotation is under construction as offseason heats up 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z While remote work may be entirely possible for the meagerly paid data-entry clerk, the high-living cosmetic surgeon whose Botox brow lifts have extended the acting careers of his Hollywood clients can’t work from home. I Got a Trial Covid-19 Vaccine. Do I Still Have to Wear a Mask? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z At a March 5 council meeting, a city attorney said Sangha and his business partner gave no indication their baristas would be so meagerly clad when they applied for a license. ‘Coffee and pretty much a peep show in our town’: Northern California city battles a risque cafe 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The middle-class status of meagerly compensated librarians reflected a vocational requirement for an education beyond secondary school; that the better-paid assembly-line workers were working-class reflected the absence of such a requirement. The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The house did not appear to have been searched, and the only thing that was missing was her white straw handbag, containing a meagerly stocked wallet. Forsyth County homicide remains a secret 47 years later 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z These are skills and habits that the meagerly compensated players of a previous era — competing with inferior bats and gloves on roughshod fields, and wearing suffocating wool uniforms — refined to a near-religious level of precision. End the Home Run Derby 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z For much of the rest of his life, Schindler lived meagerly in Frankfurt, in a one-room apartment financed by donations from those around the world who were grateful for his wartime sacrifice. There's a Nazi Buried on Mount Zion in Israel — For a Good Reason 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z As King Lear at Shakespeare in the Park, he displays both, though somewhat too meagerly. King Lear in the Park: John Lithgow is not quite every inch the king 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The play’s clumsy exposition, inchoate characters — Lilith is exploited only meagerly as Maddie’s lusty alter ego — and frequent shifts in tone suggest an early draft that has yet to be refined effectively. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Esther’s Moustache,’ in Long Branch 2012-12-29T17:30:44Z Live meagerly, save 10 percent, pay for the online courses and use the rest for rent and food and expenses. Bucks Blog: Answers to Your Questions About Student Loans, Part Two 2012-09-13T12:00:54Z The forest, called Prey Lang, one of the last remaining primordial lowland forests in the world, was the focus of Mr. Chut Watty’s conservation efforts through his meagerly funded Natural Resource Protection Group. IHT Rendezvous: A Killing Reverberates from a Cambodian Forest 2012-05-06T05:30:06Z In too many instances, the sublimity of genius was meagerly illustrated by these aspirants for notoriety. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z If any man, or any Nation of men be but meagerly endowed, that humble heritage is inviolably theirs forever to enjoy. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z It was a tiny room, whitewashed; meagerly and nondescriptly furnished. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z She ushered them into a room guiltless of carpet, meagerly furnished, but immaculately clean. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Our first quarters were meagerly furnished, of course. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z There were a few meagerly fed horses in the town, remnants from the discontinued Lodestar Mine, which had failed to pay a profit, after elaborate installation of equipment. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z He found himself in a passageway that was meagerly lighted by a gas jet, and that turned sharply at right angles a few steps ahead. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Certainly no community before in America or Europe has ever had such a surplus, and never before has a great community applied what it had so meagerly to the rational purposes of human life. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z By its ruddy glow they saw a kitchen, very meagerly furnished with old-fashioned cook stove, a homemade table and a few chairs. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z But I should sit on the meagerly upholstered chairs instead of occupying the veranda's rocker or the moss-strewn boulders on the hills. A Top-Floor Idyl But he repelled the good intentions of his Honor the Squire, though he needed some kind of help badly enough, for the "bootmaker of God" was very meagerly provided with worldly goods. Heathen Master Filcsik The rate which prevails is fixed by the productive power of a very large fund of artificial capital utilized by a large population meagerly supplied with land. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy It was a small room, meagerly furnished, but there was a fire in it and half a dozen people who laughed and talked at the top of their voices. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 The meagerly furnished anteroom of the Federal prison in Richmond was the discredited adventurer’s reception-hall in those days. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman “Upon my honor, you are not very complimentary to my taste,” he said, glancing around the meagerly furnished apartment. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Wyckoff accepted them gladly, but paid for them slowly and meagerly—but I did not blame him for that. A Son of the Middle Border One shares in what another has thought and felt, and in so far, meagerly or amply, has his own attitude modified. Introduction to the Science of Sociology About twelve o'clock an officer came in, threw the cover off me, and asked some questions about nightshirts, comb and brush, and tooth-brush, with all of which I was but meagerly acquainted. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements The volunteers had come in meagerly clothed because they expected to be fully supplied by the government they were to serve. Winning the Wilderness The old man had much of interest to relate of this venture, that had been very meagerly assisted by the government. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature "Dining with Colonel Munro," replied his father, truthfully if a trifle meagerly. The Prodigal Father The larvæ were fitted together anyway, and meagerly covered with dust of wood and shreds of cloth. Edge of the Jungle The Romans were perhaps the first who introduced that art into Britain, meagerly as they did introduce it. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions There were several forts in the Indian country, but they were meagerly garrisoned. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola There was no carpet on the floor, and the apartment was very meagerly furnished with the rudest and coarsest articles. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People Nearly every man had a little bedroom meagerly furnished with pictures 76from old illustrated papers adorning the walls. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada As a flicker of light blazed up, a small, meagerly furnished front room was disclosed. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California But she knew, too, that they could not live, even meagerly, through the long winter unless the nets were used. Tess of the Storm Country In his tattered, single-breasted frock-coat, buttoned meagerly up to his chin, the shutter-brain made him a bow, which, for courtesy, would not have misbecome a viscount, then turned with silent appeal to the stranger. The Confidence-Man Our rural people are now well-to-do, and manufacturing has moved over into a well-organized set of factories; but the isolated little school, shamefully housed, meagerly equipped, poorly attended, and unskillfully taught, still remains. New Ideals in Rural Schools That morning he had breakfasted but meagerly, and when again the hunger pangs seized him there would be no chop house for him. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life No association is so humdrum that it cannot be quickened into life, no matter how long it has been meagerly taking its course. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book In the evening he complimented Alfred meagerly on his proficiency as a whip. Watch Yourself Go By Aside from the abundance of bound music, Gard had been far from expecting that fine examples of art and literature would be so meagerly represented in this representative German home. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life As I have said, the common table was meagerly kept. Confessions of Boyhood We need not wonder if Mr. Moore has written rather meagerly, and with a certain vehemence and want of imagination. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion The Daguerrean plate and the Aeolian harp do but meagerly interpret his receptivity. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service In the last week of July Prince Charles Edward, somewhat strangely and meagerly attended, landed at Loch Sunart in the Highlands. Foes The larger room was furnished meagerly with a rough deal table, several common chairs, and a double-doored cupboard against the wall. The Littlest Rebel A servitor took away the lame horse; another waited on Father Ambrose in his small room, which was simple as that of a monastery cell, and as meagerly furnished. The Sword Maker They were all children, meagerly clothed, badly nourished, ill developed. And Thus He Came A Christmas Fantasy He had done his best for his country, his own affairs were in bad shape, Congress had paid him meagerly, and now he would turn public life over to others and live his own life. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen They had chosen a spot on Manhattan island still very meagerly developed, and so were not at all troubled by curious onlookers. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Our command was small and meagerly equipped, and we were moving on to meet a foe of overwhelming numbers. Vanguards of the Plains While he huddled close to the radiator that was beginning to hiss and rumble encouragingly, he glanced rapidly over the meagerly described scenes which were to his imagination so full of color. The Phantom Herd The adjoining bedroom was small and meagerly furnished. The House of a Thousand Candles True, contributions came meagerly from the North, here and there some abolitionist appearing who would do something besides write and preach. The Purchase Price For a young woman to dream of a barber, foretells that her fortune will increase, though meagerly. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition One shares in what another has thought and felt and in so far, meagerly or amply, has his own attitude modified. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education The two NSA and CIA agents from "P" Street held their clandestine meeting in a plain, windowless office meagerly furnished with a desk, a couple of chairs and a file cabinet. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel The Titanic's crew were only meagerly acquainted with their positions and duties in an accident and only one drill was held before the maiden trip. Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters If there is even the slightest slight shadow of a hint anywhere, it lies in the very meagerly suggestive fact that "spalleggiato" carries our word "egg" in its stomach. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories And earn just enough to live upon meagerly? Vane of the Timberlands The larger one was meagerly furnished, and its only window looked out upon the forest and two high mountain tops. After Long Years and Other Stories His vogue with the public was not likely to reconcile the most hungry for recognition of these young men to him; they were meagerly fed, and their teeth were long, and they bit. Jean-Christophe Journey's End The man eyed his visitors with a look of apprehension and annoyance, but finally assented with a nod of his head and led the way into a small and meagerly furnished living room. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize It is significant that it is easiest to work your way through college, and keep your self-respect and the respect of your fellows, in the small, meagerly endowed college on the frontier. The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty What cares he if the time-honored cupboard is meagerly represented by a few oak boards lying on pegs called shelves. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" My counsel faileth, not with royal splendor But meagerly, to furnish out thy household. Maid of Orleans He takes us where we can feel the exhilaration from "a wild heath, whistled over by October blasts meagerly adorned with the dry stalks of scented shrubs and the bald heads of the sapless mullein." History of American Literature The streets were deserted, muddy, and lighted but meagerly from widely separated oil lamps set at the tops of as many unstable posts. The Rose in the Ring Athelstan King, for instance, nothing yet but a captain unattached, sat in meagerly furnished quarters with his heels on a table. King of the Khyber Rifles But one woman, a spinster of the sort who pass their days in their windows and fill their lives meagerly by watching what they can see of their neighbors' activities, gave a hint. Youth Challenges On the third floor, his guide threw open the door of a dark, little hall bedroom, meagerly furnished. Try and Trust It was small, meagerly furnished, and offensive from want of cleanliness. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine "Not till this afternoon," murmured the mother, sadly, as she thought of her children, and how meagerly she had been able to provide for them during the past few days. Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress The room was small, and meagerly furnished, though every thing was clean and in order. The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won He found, in two small, meagerly furnished rooms, a man, his wife, and three children. Home Lights and Shadows I was dining one day with a very successful business man who, although his business had extensive relations in many lands, was meagerly informed about the work of missions. Brazilian Sketches "Sit down, Jim, and have dinner with us; there's no hurry," urged Tucker hospitably, with a genial wave toward the meagerly spread table. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields When the door opened Editor Westbrook saw, with feelings of pity, how meanly and meagerly the rooms were furnished. Strictly business: more stories of the four million He lives with the patient in a small house of which they occupy two garret rooms, meagerly furnished, though without evidence of dire poverty. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 The lofty place immediately within the doorway proved, in the light of a lamp now fixed in an iron bracket, to be a square entrance hall meagerly furnished. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu Born during that most dangerous and anxious of the early years, when the mother fretted and the father took his chance, he was an ill-nourished baby, and grew meagerly, only lengthwise, through a feeble childhood. The Turmoil, a novel We had left behind us the great arid deserts, meagerly covered by the tufted buffalo grass, with its pale green hue, and its short shriveled blades. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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