exiguous
英 [ɪg'zɪgjʊəs; eg-]
美 [ɛɡ'zɪɡjuəs]
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致合格率很低、達到要求的很少，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餘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.
- 該地區山巒起伏, 植被稀少, 土地脊薄.
來自互聯網
- 3. Here vegetation is exiguous, edaphic barren, drought little rain, natural disaster is frequent.
- 這裏植被稀少, 土壤瘠薄, 幹旱少雨, 自然災難頻繁.
來自互聯網