The family survived on a
meager income, barely making ends meet each month.
这家人靠微薄的收入生活，每月勉强维持生计。
Despite the
meager resources available, the organization managed to provide aid to those in need.
尽管可用资源非常有限，该组织还是设法向需要帮助的人提供了援助。
The desert's
meager vegetation struggles to survive in the harsh, arid environment.
沙漠中稀少的植被在严酷的干旱环境中艰难求生。
Due to the
meager rainfall, the region is prone to frequent droughts.
因为降雨量很少，这个地区容易频繁发生旱灾。
The meal consisted of
meager portions, leaving everyone still hungry.
饭菜分量很少，大家都还没吃饱。
Despite her
meager education, she possessed an incredible wealth of knowledge.
尽管她受教育不多，但她拥有惊人的知识财富。
The prisoner subsisted on a
meager diet of bread and water.
那囚犯靠面包和水这样简陋的食物维持生命。
The team had to complete the project with
meager funding and limited manpower.
这个团队不得不在资金匮乏和人力有限的情况下完成项目。
The remote village has to make do with
meager medical supplies.
那个偏远的村庄只能将就着使用少量的医疗物资。
With only a
meager understanding of the language, he found it hard to communicate effectively.
由于对这种语言了解甚少，他发现很难有效沟通。
While the volume of its fruits harvested in China－blueberries, raspberries and blackberries－grew from a meager 500 metric tons in 2016 to around 10,000 tons last year, the company aims to triple that number by 2025 in light of the "huge consumption potential", said Jae Moon Chun, Driscoll's vice-president and general manager in China.
该公司在中国收获的浆果——蓝莓、覆盆子和黑莓——的产量从2016年的微不足道的500吨增加到去年的约1万吨。考虑到“巨大的消费潜力”，德利克索的中国副总裁兼总经理陈在文表示，该公司计划到2025年将这一数字提高三倍。
"We are living in a fast-changing world - a world assailed by political, ethnic and religious conflicts and environmental degradation," said Dana Meager, state secretary of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic.
Previously, the family of four, including his father, mother and elder sister, lived mainly on the meager salary of his father, who used to toil as a road maintenance worker.
- A decade ago, villagers in the mountain township of Shichao, in Southwest China's Guizhou province, were knee-deep in poverty, scraping a meager living by growing corn.
"Pressure and difficulties facing small and micro-sized enterprises are especially obvious," Ma said, adding that major problems facing SMEs, especially small and microsized firms, include rising costs, meager profits, financing difficulties and labor shortages.
"Although export orders are there, the profits are meager, and I feel panic when producing those goods," said Zhong.
Although pre-owned home trading prices were still below the average level of the previous year, meager growth is projected to appear in February, Chen said.
The meager figure, however, means that the home index has ceased its four-month decline and shown signs of turning positive in the coming months," said Yan Yuejin, director of Shanghai-based E-house China Research and Development Institution.
He added the only meager income they currently get is from selling instant rice noodle products on e-commerce platforms.
"Due to the particular 'rich coal, meager oil and deficient gas' energy structure, China's crude oil production grew slower than consumption growth in recent years," said Zhang Jianhua, director of the National Energy Administration.
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