| 单词 | meagre |
| 释义 | meagre (once / 1281 pages) adj WORD FAMILY meagre: meagrely, meagreness, meagrest USAGE EXAMPLESGetting people in rural areas onto the national grid is proving too difficult and traditional solar panels generate meagre amounts of energy. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Distribution channels were meagre; there were not enough bookstores in the United States, and publishers relied on book clubs to sell the product. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) The tax is aimed at bolstering the city’s meagre supply of rental stock. The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016) adj deficient in amount or quality or extent Syn|Ant meager, meagerly, scrimpy, stingy scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand bare, scanty, sparelacking in amplitude or quantity exiguousextremely scanty hand-to-mouthproviding only bare essentials hardscrabblebarely satisfying a lower standard measly, miserable, paltrycontemptibly small in amount minimal, minimumthe least possible deficient, insufficientof a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement ample more than enough in size or scope or capacity abundantpresent in great quantity full, goodhaving the normally expected amount generousmore than adequate full, wide, wide-cuthaving ample fabric sufficientof a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant |
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