Most cities and states will collect only meagre revenues for at least the next year.(大部分的城市和州最慢至明年税收都将少得可怜。)
Certainly, the record of the past decade has been meagre.(当然,过去十年里,他取得的成绩微不足道。)
This seems a meagre return for over six years of negotiations.(付出了长达6年多的谈判,这么点回报似乎太少。)
But it is a meagre sandbag against the rising waters of unemployment.(但这对不断增加的失业人数来说,只是杯水车薪。)
The diet should be suitable, being neither too rich nor too meagre.(饮食应该适当,既不能太油腻也不能太粗淡。)
The meagre Latin class recited with honor.(只有几个人的拉丁语班充满自豪地背诵。)
Even the current package is meagre.(实际上即使是现在提供的救济也是微不足道的。)
Venture into this terrain and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls this home: farming is out of the question and nature offers meagre pickings.(冒险进入这片土地,你就会对任何一个把这里称为家的人所面临的困难有一些了解:耕作是不可能的,而大自然却只能提供微薄的收成。)
Meagre returns have not helped.(基金微薄的回报也帮不上什么忙。)
Particulars are too meagre to form a decision.(详情不足,难以作出决断。)