单词 | meager |
释义 | meager音标['mi:g?]汉语翻译a. 质量差的, 贫乏的, 不毛的, 瘦的词型变化:名词:meagerness 副词:meagerly英语解释:形容词 meager:
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详细解释:meager 也作 mea.gre adj.(形容词)Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.不足的,缺乏的:在数量、程度或范围上缺乏的;不足的Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble:贫乏的:在丰富度、肥沃度或生命力上不足的;虚弱的:例句:the meager soil of an eroded plain.被侵蚀的贫瘠平原 Having little flesh; lean.肉少的;瘦的 来源:Middle English megre [thin] 中古英语 megre [细的,瘦的] from Old French 源自 古法语 from Latin macer * see m3k- 源自 拉丁语 macer *参见 m3k- 【引伸】 mea.gerly adv.(副词)mea.gerness n.(名词)<参考词汇><同义词>meager,spare,sparse,skimpy,scanty,scant同义词>These adjectives mean lacking in quantity, fullness, or extent.这些形容词都有在数量、程度、范围上缺乏和不足的意思。 Meager suggests leanness ( Meager 有细、瘦的含义( 例句:a small, meager woman); in a less specific senseit implies an insufficiency of what is needed for completeness or richness: 一个瘦小的女人); 在略广的含义上,它指是的缺乏所需求的完整或丰富: 例句:meager fare;不足的费用; 例句:meager resources.匮乏的资源。 例句:.The report that first reached us through the newspapers was meager and contradictory. (Thomas B. Aldrich)..最初通过报纸传到我们这里的报道既不全面又互相矛盾.。 (托马斯B. 奥尔德里奇). Spare implies bare sufficiency without excess: Spare 隐含.勉强够,没有任何余地.的意思: 例句:The library had a spare but efficient look about it.这个图书馆给人一种简单,但却很有效的感觉。 例句:The author`s style is spare and elegant.这个作者有一种不加渲染的优雅风格。 Sparse indicates a lack of density and a thin distribution of units: Sparse 指缺乏密集度和不充足的分布: 例句:a sparse hedge;稀疏的树篱; 例句:sparse hair;稀疏的头发; 例句:.a party which as yet was . . . an unorganized mob-thick in one place, sparse in another. (Walter Besant)..一个迄今还是…时而乱哄哄地没有组织,时而稀稀落落的党派. (华特·贝赞特)。 Skimpy implies inadequacy, as in length or fullness, such as might result from frugality or stinginess: Skimpy 指因为吝啬而造成的长度、数量的不足: 例句:a skimpy dress;不够长的裙子; 例句:a skimpy allowance.不够花的零用钱。 例句:The skimpy rug barely covers the floor.不够大的地毯勉强盖住了地板。 Scanty implies a lack of sufficiency, as in extent, quantity, or degree: Scanty 指在范围、数量、程度上的不足: 例句:His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。 例句:The farmer`s financial difficulties were caused by a scanty harvest.这个农民的经济困难是因为收成不足造成的。 Scant applies to what is barely enough ( Scant 用于指勉强够( 例句:gave us scant respect) or to what falls short of an expected or desired amount ( 给我们刚刚足够的尊重), 或指未达到预期的数量( 例句:The movers gave me a scant hour`s notice of their arrival). 搬家的人只通知给我们短短的一小时,他们就来了) 参考词汇> |
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