It was from Granny's conversations, year after year, that the meager details of Grandpa's life came to me.

年复一年，我从姥姥的谈话中对姥爷的生活琐事有了不太详细的了解。

The incident itself was very meager.

事情本身不过是芝麻大小。

Do you think those savings are meager, or not worth the effort?

你认为这些节省的开支是微薄的，或者是不值得努力获得的吗？

Why does one man have a beautiful, luxurious home while another man lives out a meager existence in a slum?

为何有的人住在漂亮、豪华的大屋里，而有的人则缺衣少食地苟活在贫民窟里？

Why are living standards so meager in many African countries?

为何许多非洲国家的生活水平如此低下？

He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons ; Braque eked out his collages with charcoal .

他通过做家教来补充他的不高的工资；布拉克用。

The meager grant of the Commons had by no means put an end to his financial distresses.

下议院通过的那一点微薄的赐资根本无从解决他经济上的困难。

Indeed , Reagan ushered in an era in which a small minority grew vastly rich, while working families saw only meager gains .

的确，里根引入了一个新的时代，在这个时代里一小部分人迅速地累计财富，而工薪家庭却只能得到微薄的收入。

Rodriguez said his monthly government ration card plus his and his wife's meager salaries only covered two weeks' worth of food.

他表示自己的政府月配给卡加上夫妻两人微薄的工资仅够支持两个星期的食物。

The data are in sharp contrast to the United States, with its consumer-focused economy and meager savings rate.

这些数据与经济以消费者为中心而储蓄率微乎其微的美国形成鲜明对比。

US Agency for International Development funding increased from a meager $9. 3 million in 2008 to $24 million in 2009.

美国国际开发署基金从2008年的930万美元提高至2009年的2400万美元。