英 [ˈmiːɡə(r)] 美 [ˈmiːɡər]
adj. 贫乏的；瘦的；（数量）少的，不足的
meager /ˈmiːɡə/ TEM8
亲自始末我受过(Received)骗，终末当你觉察每个月你能够掌握的钱惟有你那微薄(Meager)的待遇的期间，坏孩子，父母总是比较操心。所以对于罪业愈深重的众生，我们更应该特别宽恕他怜愍他，而不应该远离他舍弃他。
... abandon v.抛弃,离弃,遗弃;放弃 meager a.贫乏的,不毛的,瘦的 primitive a.原始的,上古的,旧式的 ...
那么清瘦(Meager)的一局部，个子高挑，和一个生活习惯有很多差异的人恋爱不要紧，结婚要慎重，想想你是否可以长久忍受彼此的不同。
... maximum 最，最高的，最大的，最大量 meager 不足的，贫乏的 meantime 其时，其间 ...
meagerly 瘦地；贫乏地
meagerness 贫乏；枯瘦
It's difficult to raise a family on a meager income.
依靠微薄的收入是很难养家的。
During their six- to twelve-week voyage, they subsisted on meager rations.
在六到十二周的航行中，他们靠微薄的口粮维持生活。
Members of poor peasant families spun or wove cloth and linens at home for scant remuneration in an attempt to supplement meager family income.
贫穷农民家庭的成员在家纺织布和亚麻以挣得很少的报酬，弥补微薄的家庭收入。
Even the smallest daily activity, like brushing one's teeth, requires a trip to the tank, where people pay a large portion of their meager salaries for containers of cloudy,brackish water.
VOA : standard.2010.08.04
And if someone said, it's 4%, you'd say, well that's kind of meager, I want a better dividend than that.
如果他说,是4%,你会觉得少,我想要更高的股利
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
He was born in relatively meager and humble circumstances in Kentucky, not what, about 80 miles from where Abraham Lincoln was born, in even meagerer circumstances.
他出生在肯塔基州一个,相对贫寒的家庭,不过不是约80英里外林肯出生的,那个更穷苦的地方
美国内战与重建课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
She wants to put some of her meager savings in a bank to take back to the village when she returns, but she has been unable to open an account.
VOA : standard.2009.09.24
He notes that the historical return got a large boost from dividends, and that dividends are meager today.
Particularly since Christie's father made his meager living beating out the mattresses of the rich.
Consumer confidence is down, though spending is surprisingly better than expected (dipping into meager savings?).