exiguous

• adj.まれな、微細な

語源的にはexact, preciseと同じ。exiguous、不十分な、が語源。

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."

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

その老人のわずかな蓄えの残りの部分はすべてその男の子に寄付された。

2.This area undulating hills，vegetation is exiguous ，land backbone is thin.

この地域は山並みが起伏しており、植生が少なく、土地の稜線が薄い。

3.Here vegetation is exiguous ，edaphic barren，drought little rain，natural disaster is frequent.

ここでは植生が少なく、土壌がやせていて、干ばつが少なく雨が少なく、自然災害が頻繁である。