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

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

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.(貧窮農民家庭的成員在家紡織布和亞麻以掙得很少的報酬，彌補微薄的家庭收入。)

It is because these products are cheap, and given people's meager salaries these ersatz goods are often their only option.(因為這些產品價格低廉，他們微薄的收入只能去消費這些假冒偽劣產品。)

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

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到了來自零售經紀業務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，然后補充一下我貧瘠的收入嘛？)