meagre [ˈmiɡɚ]

例句:

• From one hand depended a meagre trail of botanical specimens.
  来自R. Lehmann
• 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。
  
• The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet.
  并没有限制这位病人少吃东西。
  
• a meagre diet of bread and water
  只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭
  
• The story may make sense but it is meagre.
  来自THETIMES
• There was a meagre light, a near-to-fading light.
  来自NEWYORKER