Meager



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 贫乏的; 削瘦的
• ［英］ adj. 贫乏的 ( of small amount; inadequate) ; 削瘦的 ( lean; emaciated)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: m+eager ( 热心的) , 光靠热心解决不了贫乏
• ［例］ He can's exist on his meager income.

Webster Collegiate

or meagre adjective

• Etymology: Middle English megre, from Anglo-French megre, meigre, from Latin macr-, macer lean; akin to Old English m?ger lean, Greek makros long
• Date: 14th century
• 1. having little flesh ; thin
• 2.
  • a. lacking desirable qualities (as richness or strength) <leading a meager life>
  • b. deficient in quality or quantity <a meager diet>
• ? meagerly adverb
• ? meagerness noun
• Synonyms:
  • meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, spare, sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency <a meager portion of meat>. scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent<supplies too scanty to last the winter>. scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential<in January the daylight hours are scant>. skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency<tacky housing developments on skimpy lots>. spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity<a spare, concise style of writing>. sparse implies a thin scattering of units<a sparse population>.

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