| 词汇 | meager |
| 释义 | meager adjective uk /ˈmiː.ɡər/ us /ˈmiː.ɡɚ/ US spelling of meagre Scarce, inadequate and not enough be at a premiumidiom be thin on the groundidiom chronic shortage dearth dearth of something gold dust insufficiently lack lacking like gold dustidiom long on something and short on somethingidiom lousy peanut scarce scarcity scrubby shortage shortfall shy skinny meager | American Dictionarymeager adjective us/ˈmi·ɡər/ very small in amount or number; only as much or not as much as is needed or thought to be suitable: The food at my grandmother's house was meager and barely edible. Examples of meagermeager However, the evidence for their universal validity remains meager. Little that happened there found its way into classical texts, their epigraphy is typically meager, and so they are known above all by archaeology. In a state that has a relatively meager tax base and a struggling educational system, proper school land management is important. When compared to major depressive disorder or schizophrenia, the amount of empirical evidence to guide treatment selection is meager. In most homes, the f urniture was meager, basic, and worn out. The result is sometimes meager, but it is never preposterous. The complement of a residual set is called meager. However, the information provided to adoption agencies and prospective parents is often meager, confusing, or inaccurate. Parents, peers, and others express and exhibit norms, practices, and skills against a backdrop of material resources that may be plentiful, sufficient, meager, or unstable. However, as we argue below, its evidentiary bases are still meager. It is an admirable call for more and better research, rather than a defining summary in a field where substantial evidence remains meager. Two years later, another levy was imposed, with even more meager results. Its results were based on very meager data and are unreliable. Confronted with situations in which most people would think long and hard, their reflection is meager. The resources available for education were meager, and it was consensually agreed that almost no school could be properly housed or staffed. See all examples of meager These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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