形容詞 meager:

1. deficient in amount or quality or extent
   同義詞：meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

1. A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration.
   少量津貼很少一部分金錢補助、工資或津貼
2. Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
   除了極少量的積蓄外，他沒有可以依賴的財源。
3. Particulars are too meager to form a decision.
   詳情不明，難以做出裁奪。
4. He had to support his family with his meager income.
   他只能靠微薄的收入來養(yǎng)家。

meager 也作 mea.gre

adj.（形容詞）
Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
不足的，缺乏的：在數(shù)量、程度或范圍上缺乏的；不足的
Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble:
貧乏的：在豐富度、肥沃度或生命力上不足的；虛弱的：
例句：
the meager soil of an eroded plain.
被侵蝕的貧瘠平原

Having little flesh; lean.
肉少的；瘦的

來源：
Middle English megre [thin]
中古英語 megre [細的，瘦的]
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin macer * see m3k-
源自 拉丁語 macer *參見 m3k-

【引伸】
mea.gerly
adv.（副詞）
mea.gerness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>meager,spare,sparse,skimpy,scanty,scantThese adjectives mean lacking in quantity, fullness, or extent.
這些形容詞都有在數(shù)量、程度、范圍上缺乏和不足的意思。
Meager suggests leanness (
Meager 有細、瘦的含義(
例句：
a small, meager woman); in a less specific senseit implies an insufficiency of what is needed for completeness or richness:
一個瘦小的女人)； 在略廣的含義上，它指是的缺乏所需求的完整或豐富：

例句：
meager fare;
不足的費用；

例句：
meager resources.
匱乏的資源。

例句：
.The report that first reached us through the newspapers was meager and contradictory. (Thomas B. Aldrich).
.最初通過報紙傳到我們這里的報道既不全面又互相矛盾.。 （托馬斯B. 奧爾德里奇）.

Spare implies bare sufficiency without excess:
Spare 隱含.勉強夠，沒有任何余地.的意思：
例句：
The library had a spare but efficient look about it.
這個圖書館給人一種簡單，但卻很有效的感覺。

例句：
The author`s style is spare and elegant.
這個作者有一種不加渲染的優(yōu)雅風(fēng)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;
稀疏的樹籬；

例句：
sparse hair;
稀疏的頭發(fā)；

例句：
.a party which as yet was . . . an unorganized mob-thick in one place, sparse in another. (Walter Besant).
.一個迄今還是…時而亂哄哄地沒有組織，時而稀稀落落的黨派. （華特·貝贊特）。

Skimpy implies inadequacy, as in length or fullness, such as might result from frugality or stinginess:
Skimpy 指因為吝嗇而造成的長度、數(shù)量的不足：
例句：
a skimpy dress;
不夠長的裙子；

例句：
a skimpy allowance.
不夠花的零用錢。

例句：
The skimpy rug barely covers the floor.
不夠大的地毯勉強蓋住了地板。

Scanty implies a lack of sufficiency, as in extent, quantity, or degree:
Scanty 指在范圍、數(shù)量、程度上的不足：
例句：
His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
他的數(shù)學(xué)知識淺顯、貧乏。

例句：
The farmer`s financial difficulties were caused by a scanty harvest.
這個農(nóng)民的經(jīng)濟困難是因為收成不足造成的。

Scant applies to what is barely enough (
Scant 用于指勉強夠(
例句：
gave us scant respect) or to what falls short of an expected or desired amount (
給我們剛剛足夠的尊重)， 或指未達到預(yù)期的數(shù)量(

例句：
The movers gave me a scant hour`s notice of their arrival).
搬家的人只通知給我們短短的一小時，他們就來了)