He was very good to me, gave me some research work to supplement my meager income, and invited me to his house for dinner.(他對(duì)我非常不錯(cuò)，讓我做一些研究工作來貼補(bǔ)我那微薄的收入，他還邀請(qǐng)過我到他家去吃飯。)

She has never seen adoctor and, like many residents of this area, lives in a meager bartereconomy, seldom coming into contact with cash.(她從來沒有看過醫(yī)生，和這一地區(qū)的許多居民一樣，偶爾進(jìn)行實(shí)物交易，甚少使用、接觸現(xiàn)金。)

And if someone said, it's 4%, you'd say, well that's kind of meager, I want a better dividend than that.(如果他說，是4%，你會(huì)覺得少，我想要更高的股利。)

Members of poor peasant families spun or wove cloth and linens at home for scant remuneration in an attempt to supplement meager family income.(貧窮農(nóng)民家庭的成員在家紡織布和亞麻以掙得很少的報(bào)酬，彌補(bǔ)微薄的家庭收入。)

It is because these products are cheap, and given people's meager salaries these ersatz goods are often their only option.(因?yàn)檫@些產(chǎn)品價(jià)格低廉，他們微薄的收入只能去消費(fèi)這些假冒偽劣產(chǎn)品。)

Instead of lunching with my business associates, I would seek out some cheap cafe, order a meager meal and scribble my harmony exercises.(我不與業(yè)務(wù)合伙人共進(jìn)午餐，總是找個(gè)便宜的餐館，隨便混上一頓，信手寫些和聲練習(xí)曲。)

During their six- to twelve-week voyage, they subsisted on meager rations.(在六到十二周的航行中，他們靠微薄的口糧維持生活。)

It's difficult to raise a family on a meager income.(依靠微薄的收入是很難養(yǎng)家的。)

About now, new CEO Gorman is probably learning that the meager profits of a retail brokerage can't pay for all those monster Wall Street bonuses.(眼下，這位大摩新掌門或許意識(shí)到了來自零售經(jīng)紀(jì)業(yè)務(wù)的微薄盈利還不夠華爾街薪酬的血盆大口塞牙縫。)

Do I ask you to come into my workplace and supplement my meager income?(我問過你來我的辦公室看看，然后補(bǔ)充一下我貧瘠的收入嘛？)