meagre

The show is drawing but a meagre audience.

看演出的观众寥寥无几.

The diet should be suitable, being neither too rich nor too meagre.

膳食应该适当, 即不能太油腻也不能太粗淡.

Our appeal for help met with a meagre response.

我们求助的呼吁反应冷淡.

The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off.

受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存.

Our knowledge regarding the effects of ionizing radiations is still meagre.

我们关于电离辐射效应的知识仍很不足.

Particulars are too meagre to form a decision.

详情不明,难以作出裁断.

He was so weak from hunger he could hardly raise his meagre arms.

他饿得虚弱无力,连骨瘦如柴的胳膊都举不起来.

His knowledge of Chinese history is meagre.

他的中国历史知识很贫乏.

The meagre Latin class recited with honor.

寥寥数人的拉丁语班背诵时显得无比自豪.

In his plain old suit of black, he looked pale and meagre.

穿上一套朴素的黑色衣服, 他越发显得苍白而瘦弱.

The resources of New York are rather meagre.

纽约的娱乐场所太少了.

a meagre diet of bread and water

只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭

She grew thin and meagre.

她瘦了,憔悴了.

An unjust cause finds meagre [ little ] support .

失道寡助.

The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise.

银行职员对只加薪3.1%已心生怒火。