英汉词典

1.The Nissan KA24E engine, while durable, was a heavy, iron-block unit that produced meager power for its size.

尼桑ka24 E铸铁发动机虽然耐用，但是与其产生的动力相比略显笨重。

2.Indeed, Reagan ushered in an era in which a small minority grew vastly rich, while working families saw only meager gains.

的确，里根引入了一个新的时代，在这个时代里一小部分人迅速地累计财富，而工薪家庭却只能得到微薄的收入。

3.Residents turn to the hawkers for quick meals and cheap goods, and the vendors rely on the meager earnings to scratch out a living.

居民开始在买小贩的快餐和便宜的商品，而商贩们则依赖于微薄的收入维持生存。

4.The average of the 51 forecasts was fourth-quarter growth at a meager 0.7% rate, so slow that it will push the unemployment rate higher.

51位经济学家对第四季度经济增幅的平均预测值仅为0.7%，如此之低的增幅可能会进一步推高失业率。

5.Yet, despite the meager payoffs of their college degrees, many graduates think the solution is more school, and more debt.

当前，大学学位的回报正在下降，许多毕业生认为解决方式是有更多的学校和更多的债务。

6.During their six- to twelve-week voyage, they subsisted on meager rations.

在六到十二周的航行中，他们靠微薄的口粮维持生活。

7.By comparison, the terrestrial planets have meager atmospheres at best.

相比之下，类地行星最多只有稀薄的大气层。

8.Senator Barack Obama has put out such meager information that voters have to take it largely on his campaign's say-so that he is in good health.

关于奥巴马的信息寥寥无几，人们只能通过他竞选时自己的说法来判断：健康状况很好。