meagre

US [ˈmiɡər]
UK [ˈmiːɡə(r)]
  • adj.少量且劣质的
  • Web瘦的；微薄；贫乏的

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meagre
adj.
1.
少量且劣质的small in quantity and poor in quality
a meagre diet of bread and water
只有面包和水的简朴饮食
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。

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AllAll,少量且劣质的少量且劣质的,瘦的瘦的,微薄微薄,贫乏的贫乏的
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1.
Will any of these measures help to lift France's growth rate from its recent meagre average of 2% a year?
所有这些措施有助于法国提高当前可怜的每年2%的经济增长率吗？
suǒ yǒu zhè xiē cuò shī yǒu zhù yú fǎ guó tí gāo dāng qián kě lián de měi nián bǎi fēn zhī èr de jīng jì zēng zhǎng lǜ ma ?
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2.
"Pensioners have no voice and are left to survive on a meagre allowance each week that most people would never manage on, " he said.
「退休老人没有声音，被迫每周靠著微薄的退休金维生，多数人光靠这点钱绝对没办法生活，」他说。
「 tuì xiū lǎo rén méi yǒu shēng yīn , bèi pò měi zhōu kào zhù wēi bó de tuì xiū jīn wéi shēng , duō shù rén guāng kào zhè diǎn qián jué duì méi bàn fǎ shēng huó , 」 tā shuō 。
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3.
Copying gives me access to an infinitely richer and more varied menu of ideas than if I had to limit myself to my own meagre store.
比起我自己腹中那点可怜的存货，抄袭能让我接触到无限丰富和多样的想法。
bǐ qǐ wǒ zì jǐ fù zhōng nà diǎn kě lián de cún huò , chāo xí néng ràng wǒ jiē chù dào wú xiàn fēng fù hé duō yàng de xiǎng fǎ 。
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4.
a month and his meagre salary is not enough to pay for the education she wants to give her children.
34美金），他可怜巴巴的收入不足以支付妻子想要给孩子所受的教育。
sān shí sì měi jīn ) , tā kě lián bā bā de shōu rù bù zú yǐ zhī fù qī zi xiǎng yào gěi hái zi suǒ shòu de jiào yù 。
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5.
Oh, that soul was itself meagre, ghastly, and famished; and cruelty was the delight of that soul!
哦，这灵魂本身是可怕饥瘦；残忍也是那灵魂的乐趣！
ò , zhè líng hún běn shēn shì kě pà jī shòu ; cán rěn yě shì nà líng hún de lè qù !
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6.
I wonder, therefore, whether it was worthwhile to risk a selective default for such a meagre debt reduction effort?
因此，我很怀疑，为了这种力度欠佳的减债方案而承担选择性违约的风险是否值得。
yīn cǐ , wǒ hěn huái yí , wèi le zhè zhǒng lì dù qiàn jiā de jiǎn zhài fāng àn ér chéng dān xuǎn zé xìng wéi yuē de fēng xiǎn shì fǒu zhí de 。
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7.
"When you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind. "
“当你不能度量自己所言、不能用数字将它表达出来时，你的了解就是贫乏的，不能令人满意。”
" dāng nǐ bù néng dù liàng zì jǐ suǒ yán 、 bù néng yòng shù zì jiāng tā biǎo dá chū lái shí , nǐ de liǎo jiě jiù shì pín fá de , bù néng lìng rén mǎn yì 。 "
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The EU's military capability is meagre; its ability to stand up to Russian divide-and-rule tactics in energy security is feeble.
欧盟的军事实力不强；与俄罗斯在能源安全方面分而治之的策略也是很薄弱的。
ōu méng de jūn shì shí lì bù qiáng ; yǔ é luó sī zài néng yuán ān quán fāng miàn fèn ér zhì zhī de cè lüè yě shì hěn bó ruò de 。
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9.
He was professor of physics in the high school, possessor of a large family, a meagre salary, and a select fund of parrot-learned knowledge.
他是中学的物理老师，养着一大家人，薪水微薄，有一肚子精挑细选的人云亦云的知识。
tā shì zhōng xué de wù lǐ lǎo shī , yǎng zhe yī dà jiā rén , xīn shuǐ wēi bó , yǒu yī dù zi jīng tiāo xì xuǎn de rén yún yì yún de zhī shi 。
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That compares with a meagre doubling in the price of copper this year and a 77% increase in the Shanghai stockmarket.
与此相比，上涨不过一倍的期货铜，以及上升约77%的上海股市简直微不足道。
yǔ cǐ xiāng bǐ , shàng zhǎng bú guò yí bèi de qī huò tóng , yǐ jí shàng shēng yuē bǎi fēn zhī qī shí qī de shàng hǎi gǔ shì jiǎn zhí wēi bù zú dào 。
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