It's difficult to raise a family on a meager income.
依靠微薄的收入是很难养家的。
During their six- to twelve-week voyage, they subsisted on meager rations.
在六到十二周的航行中，他们靠微薄的口粮维持生活。
Members of poor peasant families spun or wove cloth and linens at home for scant remuneration in an attempt to supplement meager family income.
贫穷农民家庭的成员在家纺织布和亚麻以挣得很少的报酬，弥补微薄的家庭收入。
By comparison, the terrestrial planets have meager atmospheres at best.
相比之下，类地行星最多只有稀薄的大气层。
A3: Because of long voyages and meager rations.
A 3：因为长期航行和有限的干粮。
He had to support his family with his meager income.
他只能靠微薄的收入来养家。
His meager wage is not enough to support their five children.
靠他一个人的微薄工资不足以养活他们的五个孩子。
During their six - to 12-week voyages they lived on meager rations.
在6到12周的航行中，他们依靠微薄的口粮生存。
Ordinary workers in the building industry earn meager salaries.
从事建筑业的工人收入微薄。
In the meager sunlight, I am waving a garden hoe to eradicate weeds.
在微薄的日光中，我挥着锄头铲除了园中的杂草。
Aside from his meager savings, Jack has no resources to fall back on.
除了极少量的积蓄外，杰克没有可以依赖的财源。
But our meager strength alone is difficult to achieve significant results.
但是仅凭我们微薄的力量还难以取得显著的成效。
Aside from his meager savings, the old man has no resources to fall back on.
除了很少的一点积蓄外，这位老人别无其他经济来源可以依靠。
At that time, I was not happy with my meager vocation or the person I had become.
那个时候，我对我的职业或者是我自己不满意。
These results, though meager, suggest that the procedure has the potential for success.
这些结果，尽管为数不多，可也表明了手术过程有潜在成功的可能。
I have to do is take my meager power to serve the truth and justice, even if people do not love it.
我所要做的只是以我微薄之力来为真理和正义服务，即使不为人所喜欢也在所不惜。
Stocks of developed countries like the U.S. can appear meager in comparison to those in emerging markets.
与新兴市场相比，美国等发达国家的股市回报可能相形见绌。
It was an older home in a section of the valley where people with meager income found affordable shelter.
这是山谷区一座老旧的房子。收入微薄的家庭常在这里找一个能负担得起的栖身之所。
Luckily for Kant, he was a popular lecturer and also an industrious one and so he eked out a meager living.
幸运的是，康德是个非常受欢迎的讲师，而且工作勤奋刻苦。所以，他还勉强维持自己的生计。
Only the tail meat is recovered from processing. The claw meat is tasty but very meager and difficult to pick out.
只有小龙虾尾部的肉是用于加工的。螯肉虽然鲜美，但很少，而且难以取出。
US Agency for International Development funding increased from a meager $9.3 million in 2008 to $24 million in 2009.
美国国际开发署基金从2008年的930万美元提高至2009年的2400万美元。
He was very good to me, gave me some research work to supplement my meager income, and invited me to his house for dinner.
他对我非常不错，让我做一些研究工作来贴补我那微薄的收入，他还邀请过我到他家去吃饭。
Gina Zbikowski says struggling to find a job while living on a meager disability allowance is not the American dream.
吉娜思巴卡斯基说：靠仅有的那么点残疾补助金维持生活，同时又艰辛的寻找工作，这委实不是我所想追求的美国梦。
The average of the 51 forecasts was fourth-quarter growth at a meager 0.7% rate, so slow that it will push the unemployment rate higher.
51位经济学家对第四季度经济增幅的平均预测值仅为0.7%，如此之低的增幅可能会进一步推高失业率。
The average of the 51 forecasts was fourth-quarter growth at a meager 0.7% rate, so slow that it will push the unemployment rate higher.
51位经济学家对第四季度经济增幅的平均预测值仅为0.7%，如此之低的增幅可能会进一步推高失业率。
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