exiguous是什么意思

exiguous

英 [ɪg'zɪgjʊəs; eg-] 美 [ɛɡ'zɪɡjuəs]

1. => drive out, force out. => demand.
2. => 强求，苛求，要求很高，要求过多。
3. => 因为太过苛求、要求很高很显然就会导致合格率很低、达到要求的很少，所以很自然地就引申出了稀少的、不足的、微薄的、贫乏的等含义。

exiguous 稀少的，不够的

词源同exact, 精确的。引申义没有裕量，不够。

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."

1. The rest of the old man's exiguous savings are donated to that boy.

那老人微薄积蓄中的剩余部分都捐赠给了那个男孩。

来自辞典例句

2. This area undulating hills, vegetation is exiguous, land backbone is thin.: 该地区山峦起伏, 植被稀少, 土地脊薄.

3. Here vegetation is exiguous, edaphic barren, drought little rain, natural disaster is frequent.: 这里植被稀少, 土壤瘠薄, 干旱少雨, 自然灾难频繁.