ADJ-GRADED
数量很少的;微薄的;不足的;贫乏的
If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.
例句
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。
Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。