Grandma and grandpa passed away the meager heritage and left me.

He depends for his livelihood upon a meager income.

他依靠微薄的收入过活.

Resistance was at first meager.

开始时抵抗并不激烈.

Evidence on the toxic range of magnesium in the leaves is very meager.

叶片镁含量毒害范围的资料还非常欠缺.

His intelligence was great, his power of reasoning impressive, but his emotional nature was meager.

他睿智恢宏, 推理能力惊人, 然而他表露感情的天性却有所不足.

Ordinary workers in the building industry earn meager salaries.

从事建筑业的工人收入微薄.

The state of knowledge about fracture surfaces is very meager.

有关断裂表面的知识非常缺乏.

An unjust cause finds meagre [ little ] support .

失道寡助.

She grew thin and meagre.

她瘦了,憔悴了.

a meagre diet of bread and water

只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭

The resources of New York are rather meagre.

纽约的娱乐场所太少了.

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 meagre Latin class recited with honor.

寥寥数人的拉丁语班背诵时显得无比自豪.

His knowledge of Chinese history is meagre.

他的中国历史知识很贫乏.

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.

He is not a learned man , and can write but meagrely and at secondhand learned subjects.

他不是学者,学术性题材,只能偶一为之, 且还得借助既成的成果.

Enjoy your meal.

请用餐。

Dinner is the main meal of the day for most people.

晚饭是大多数人一天中的主餐。

It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children.

我难得跟孩子们一起吃晚饭。

a three-course meal

有三道菜的一顿饭

We must have a meal together some time.

我们一定要找个时间一起吃顿饭。