Was heißt »dürf­tig« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Das erscheint alles recht dürftig.

All this seems kind of sketchy.

Synonyme

arm:

needy

arm­se­lig:

abject

paltry

be­dürf­tig:

needy

bil­lig:

fitting

dritt­klas­sig:

third-class

third-rate

karg:

austere

barren

meager

meagre

paltry

penurious

scant

short

sparse

stinted

knapp:

scant

succinct

terse

tight

mä­ßig:

mediocre

moderate

ma­ger:

barren

lean

skinny

mau:

poorly

queasy

me­di­o­ker:

mediocre

min­der­wer­tig:

inferior

shoddy

mit­tel­los:

impecunious

not­lei­dend:

distressed

pre­kär:

precarious

tricky

uneasy

schlecht:

bad

shoddy

spär­lich:

scanty

sparse

zweit­klas­sig:

second rate

Englische Beispielsätze

• He is a sick, poor man.

• Tom robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.

• I give whatever I can to the poor children.

• He is poor but honest.

• The poor old man is shivering with cold.

• Although Julius Caesar's family was poor, he became famous and rich.

• It caused a great deal of outrage when it emerged that the bishop, after visiting aid schemes in poor neighbourhoods, flew home first class.

• The poor woman does not have money for food.

• George is poor, but always happy.

• We found a poor little cat in the garden.

• Mary was the richest, cleverest and prettiest girl at school; Tom, on the other hand, lived in the most impoverished circumstances, received poor marks, and wasn't particularly handsome.

• Reception in the cellar is very poor.

• He's in a poor state of health.

• His state of health is poor.

• The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

• The gap between rich and poor is widening.

• "Are you disappointed at the poor result?" "Yes, but I won't lose any sleep over it."

• There's no shame in being poor.

• I admit that I am poor and couldn't get good education, but does it mean that you have to make a laugh out of me?

• Tom pretended to be the rich owner of a hotel in the Black Forest, though he was in fact as poor as a church mouse.