Exiguous
[ ɛɡ'zɪɡjuəs ]
出国 Abroad
adj. 稀少的，微小的;
📝 例句
exiguous triangle method
微三角形法
the last of the old man's exiguous savings
那老人微薄积蓄中的剩余部分.
a meager income; an exiguous budget.
微薄的收入；极少的预算。
🌱 联想助记
【记】ex-前缀“出”,ig-谐音“一个”,u-似“坑”,ous-形缀:出门就掉到一个坑里→运气极度不足的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
exiguous
adj
(fml 文) very small (in amount); scanty 稀少的; 少量的; 微小的
an exiguous diet 量少的规定饮食
the last of the old man's exiguous savings 那老人微薄积蓄中的剩余部分.
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Hello, Miss Wang. I'm fine, and you?
喂，王小姐，我很好，你呢？
He is supposed to be there on time.
按理说他应该准时到那儿。
As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.
在我看来，只需稍加调整即可。这儿紧紧螺丝，那儿固定一下，再加几滴油，就会像新的一样了。