meagre

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mea·gre British English, meager American English /ˈmiːɡə $ -ər/ adjective  LITTLE/NOT MUCHa meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need 〔食物、钱等〕不足的，微薄的 → substantial a meagre diet of bread and beans 不足以果腹的面包和豆子meagre income/earnings/wages etc He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays. 他靠周六做工来补贴他微薄的收入。 a school with meagre resources 资源不足的学校 —meagrely adverb —meagreness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

meagre• This has ranged from a weekly average of just 3.7 complaints in Crook to an even more meagre 2.3 in Chester-le-Street.• The fee basis for unsuccessful claims can often be extremely meagre as can profitability in general for a significant proportion of the work.• The recompense is meagre, but when combined with ideological enthusiasm it helps sustain a new type of local politician.• Government regulation offers a meagre defence against Hollywood.• Even this meagre effort is a struggle.• One can only wonder what kept Alpine dwellers pinned to their meagre existence beyond habit, tradition and nowhere else to go.• The meagre little peelings falling from her knife into water eased her, their ordinariness was a link with real life.• Local authorities across the country have therefore been unable, and unwilling, to part with their own meagre resources.meagre resources• Local authorities across the country have therefore been unable, and unwilling, to part with their own meagre resources.• There was no prospect that the tradition-bound villagers would pool their meagre resources to experiment in collective farming.• But if you have to manage on meagre resources, you will cope well.From Longman Business Dictionarymeagremea‧gre /ˈmiːgə-ər/ British English, meager American English adjective very small in amountSales rose a meager 2.5% in January.The chairman predicts very meagre growth this year.

mea·gre adjectiveChineseSyllable  

food, amount Corpus of is money meagre Business a etc

meagre
mea‧gre British English, meager American English /ˈmiːɡə $ -ər/ adjectivea meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need ⇨ substantial:
    a meagre diet of bread and beans
    meagre income/earnings/wages etc
    He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.
    a school with meagre resources
—meagrely adverb
—meagreness noun [uncountable]

meagre (especially US mea·ger) BrE /ˈmiːɡə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmiːɡər/ 🔊 adjectivesmall in quantity and poor in quality 少量且劣质的 SYN paltry ◆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。🔊🔊