meager

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托福GRE

a. deficient in amount or quality or extent

a. 质量差的, 贫乏的, 不毛的, 瘦的

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使用频率

meager 由词根 meag (意为稀少、瘦弱) 构成，后缀 -er 表示形容词，整体意思是“少的，贫乏的”。

例句

1. The meal was meager, consisting only of a small piece of bread.

这顿饭很简单，仅有一小块面包。

2. After the long winter, the garden had a meager collection of flowers.

冬天过后，花园里的花朵稀少。

3. His meager salary made it difficult to save money for a vacation.

他微薄的薪水让存钱去度假变得困难。