her sympathetic heart ached to add some delicacy to his meager purchase, but her courage failed.
她那颗善良的心真想给那可怜的人加些美味食品，但她还是没有勇气。

Acting on the hunch, I dumped my meager life savings about 9, 000 into the rareearths sector, and waited for the payoff.
于是凭直觉, 我用我可怜的积蓄买了稀土股, 等待回报。

His addiction for alcohol is a draft on his meager income.
嗜酒对他微薄的薪水来说是笔不小的消费。

and a memory trace of a sense datum is too meager an affair to do much good.
但对感觉材料的记忆痕迹是太微弱了，并没有什么用处。

His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
他分到的那一点点煤气必须留着急用。

meager arms.
瘦削的手臂

Aside from his meager savings, he has no resources to fall back on.
除了极少量的积蓄外，他没有可以依赖的财源。

With the assistance of several meager advances from the bookseller who was to bring it out, he succeeded.
书商给他预支了几笔数目不大的酬金，帮助他取得了成功。

The bus fare ate holes in her meager salary.
巴士费占了她那微薄的工资的一大部分。

What I barely own is my meager self.
我仅有是微薄的自已。

He related how on several occasions he was robbed of his meager possessions and beaten.
他讲述他怎么好几次被人抢走他贫乏的财产和被打。

To eke out her meager pay, Betty turned to writing.
贝蒂为了弥补微薄得工资收入, 搞起写作来。

On strategies of Chinese beverage enterprises in times of meager profits
论我国饮料企业在微利时代的选择

Investigation into Thermal Efficiency of Boiler Burning Bituminous Coal Instead of Meager Coal
锅炉燃烧由贫煤改烟煤的热效率分析

Research on Guandi meager lean coal as blast furnace PCI coal
官地贫瘦煤作为高炉喷吹煤的研究

'We live meagerly, but at the same time, we are blessed in many ways, ' Mr. Dubacher said.
我们生活并不富裕，但是与此同时，我们在许多方面是幸运的，'杜巴切先生说。

Ordinary workers in the building industry earn meager salaries.
从事建筑业的工人收入微薄。

The debit card offers meager rewards.
这张借记卡提供的回报极其微薄。

Spark ignited with our meager minds of the perfect career.
用我们微薄的星火点燃心中理想的事业。

I worked long hours on meager food, in cold cellar, by dim lamps.
我吃简陋的饮食，住寒冷的地窖，靠微弱的灯光，长时间也工作。

I have a very cheap salary. I have a very meager salary.
我的工资很微薄。

We had a meager helping of fish.
我们吃了很小的一份鱼。

Guandi meager lean coal.
官地贫瘦煤

How was it possible to maintain so comfortable a life with such meager resources ?
入项菲薄, 怎供得起大家这么称意的生活?

Kingship over human beings is a meager thing when compared with heavenly bliss.
人间的帝位，较之天界的喜乐，实在微不足道。