プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
まずしい【貧しい】
I poor; needy (▼暮らしに困窮した)
- 貧しい人々
the poor - 貧しい暮らしをする
be badly off／live in poverty - 彼は貧しい農家に生まれた
He was born into a poor farmer's family. - 彼らは貧しい食卓に向かった
They sat down to their humble meal.
II 〔乏しい〕poor; 〔必要量に足りない〕scanty; 〔全く不十分な〕((米)) meager，((英)) meagre
- 知識が貧しい
have only a poor [scanty] knowledge ((of)) - 想像力の貧しい人だ
He is lacking [wanting] in imagination.／He has very little imagination.