exiguous
                
          英 [?g'z?gj??s; eg-]
美 [?ɡ'z?ɡju?s]
        
                
        
                
                助記提示
        
        1. => drive out, force out. => demand.
2. => 強求,苛求,要求很高,要求過多。
3. => 因為太過苛求、要求很高很顯然就會導(dǎo)致合格率很低、達(dá)到要求的很少,所以很自然地就引申出了稀少的、不足的、微薄的、貧乏的等含義。
                中文詞源
        
        exiguous 稀少的,不夠的詞源同exact, 精確的。引申義沒有裕量,不夠。
 
                英文詞源
        
        - exiguous (adj.)
- "scanty, small, diminutive," 1650s, from Latin exiguus "small, short; petty, paltry, poor, mean; scanty in measure or number; strict," literally "measured, exact," from exigere "drive out, take out" (see exact (v.)). Compare immense "huge," literally "unmeasured."
雙語例句
        
        - 1. The rest of the old man's exiguous savings are donated to that boy. 
- 那老人微薄積蓄中的剩余部分都捐贈給了那個男孩。
來自辭典例句
 
- 2. This area undulating hills, vegetation is exiguous, land backbone is thin. 
- 該地區(qū)山巒起伏, 植被稀少, 土地脊薄.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
 
- 3. Here vegetation is exiguous, edaphic barren, drought little rain, natural disaster is frequent. 
- 這里植被稀少, 土壤瘠薄, 干旱少雨, 自然災(zāi)難頻繁.
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