基本释义
adj. 贫乏的；瘦的
n. 兆
星级词汇
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助记提示
1. me + eager 我渴望。
解字：m+eager
说文：妈妈渴望见到儿子，导致～。/妈妈渴望变～。 望眼欲穿。望穿秋水。
都说“为伊消得人憔悴”，而妈妈可以说为儿子消得人憔悴。
2. 谐音“靡哥”—–萎靡的哥哥、萎靡的人。
英文词源
meager 少量且劣质的
来自古法语maigre,薄的，来自拉丁语macrum,薄的，细的，长的，大的，来自PIE*makro,细长的，词源同macro-.
深度学习
meager (MEE ger) This adjective can refer to something that is scanty (#6) in either quantity or quality. The word derives from the Latin for “thin.”
- Some would have described Henry Darger as living a meager existence, for he lived in one room and worked as a cleaning person at a hospital. But the richness of his inner life is revealed in his paintings, now being collected by folk art museums.
- “Callie, I’m disappointed in the meager amount of reading you did this summer. Should you really be taking on an Advanced Placement English class?” said Ms. Zak, the concerned teacher.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
meager (MEE ger) 这个形容词可以指数量或质量都很稀少（#6）的东西。这个词来自拉丁文，意思是 “薄”。
有人会说亨利-达格的生活很微薄，因为他住在一个房间里，在一家医院做清洁工。但他内心生活的丰富性在他的画作中显露无遗，现在正被民间艺术博物馆收藏。
“凯莉，我对你今年夏天所做的微薄的阅读量感到失望。你真的应该上高级英语课吗？”老师扎克女士关切地说。
