1·His meagre allotment of petrol had to be saved for emergencies.
他的天然气的微薄份额必须省下以备急用。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·She has moved to a small house and is living off her meagre savings.
她搬进了一幢小房子，靠自己微薄的积蓄过日子。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Venture into this terrain and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls this home: farming is out of the question and nature offers meagre pickings.
冒险进入这片土地，你就会对任何一个把这里称为家的人所面临的困难有一些了解：耕作是不可能的，而大自然却只能提供微薄的收成。
4·She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.
她靠夜间做清洁工来补充其微薄的收入。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·To supplement their meagre income, often he used to go fishing with his friends.
为了添补其微薄的收入，他经常与朋友们一起去钓鱼。
1·Most adverts are just too meagre in informative content and too rich in emotional suggestive detail to be read literally.
大多数广告只是在信息内容上太贫乏，而在情感暗示细节上太丰富，无法逐字阅读。
2·Now that it was dead, however, I was jolly well going to eat it — so we spent all evening smoking and salting the meat to supplement our meagre supplies.
虽然它已经死了，然而我实在不想吃它。 因此我们花了整个晚上来熏烤、用盐腌它的肉以补充我们的贫乏的补给。
3·My attainments were few, my knowledge of life meagre, and both in my poetry and my prose the sentiment exceeded the substance.
我的造诣很浅，生活知识贫乏，在我的诗歌和散文中，情感超过了内容。
4·The latest analysis, published in Nature on December 23rd, removes any doubt-and adds a tooth to the meagre stock of evidence from the new species that modern science is able to examine.
12月23日发表在《自然》科技期刊上的最新分析排除了所有疑问——而且为该新人种原本贫乏的证据增添了一颗现代科学能够检验的牙齿化石。
5·Her knowledge of music is meagre.
她的音乐知识很贫乏。
1·When walls of seawater came crashing down on these vulnerable fishing and farming families six months ago, many saw their meagre livelihoods washed away.
六个月前，当海水铸成的高墙压向这些渔民和农民家庭时，许多人眼看着他们贫弱的生计被冲走。
1·He has a very meagre knowledge of history.
他的历史知识很浅薄。