He has to offset his small salary by living economically.

他以节俭生活来抵消其微薄收入。

Moved by the noble cause of Project Hope and encouraged by what has been achieved so far, I would like to contribute my bit to the project by offering financial aid to a child in a remote area of your province.

希望工程这项高尚事业感动了我, 同时这项项工程迄今所取得成就也鼓舞了我。因此, 我想通过给贵省偏远地区一个孩子提供经济帮助, 来为希望工程贡献我微薄之力。

After a trial period, the missionary society who paid his pittance got rid of him.

在经过试用期后，曾经付给他微薄薪水教会解雇了他。

The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.

那些曾在这里战斗过勇士们, 活着和死去，已经把这块土地圣化了，这远不是我们微薄力量所能增减。

A millionaire many times over, on her death in 1990 Garbo bequeathed a pittance to her live-in maid; she failed to increase her annual tip to the doorman of her building in Manhattan for 37 years.

嘉宝曾多次成为百万富翁，而在1990年离世时，嘉宝给她住家女佣留下了一笔极其微薄；住在她曼哈顿公寓37年来，她一直未曾给门卫增加新年小费。

And, of course, most people are on minimal wages.

但是可想而知，这些工人拿着微薄收入。

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.

我们胜利来自于广大工薪阶级，正是他们从仅有微薄存款里掏出5元、10元或者20元来支持我们竞选。

You can have budget cuts, which are budget reductions; budget constraints, which are limitations; a tight budget, which is a small budget or a shoestring budget, which is a very small budget.

你可以说削减预算，意思是减少预算；预算限制，指是限制；预算很紧，意思是预算很少，或者说微薄预算，意思是非常少预算。

If many people can complete a task, however humanly important it might be, holding a hand on a cancer ward for example, little money will be offered for it.

如果很多人能做事，就算是具有人道主义工作（例如在癌症病房提供帮助），也只会领到微薄薪水。

Ahmed Al-Omar and his fellow cancer patients are receiving the meager Treatment available.

艾哈迈德·奥马尔和他癌症患者同伴们正在接受微薄治疗。

But in a business of thin margins, scale is starting to count.

但是在当今各行业利润微薄情况下，并购浪潮逐渐扩大。

The SPD has paid dearly there, winning a meagre 12% of the vote in September.

社民党在图林根州付出了高昂代价，却仅仅在9月选举中获得了微薄12%选票。

They buy raw beans from traders, who earn tiny margins-generally 1-2%-for much of the work.

他们从贸易商那购买生咖啡豆，这些贸易商费了那么大劲也仅赚得了微薄利润（通常是1-2%）。

Now that I know of it, I see the importance of using the net so as to save on costs of going for treatment and use the little money I have to sustain my family.

现在我已经认识到使用蚊帐重要性，这样能省下治疗费用而后我能用这微薄收入支持我家庭。

To offer what little they have to help save Shrimply's life.

希望能贡献他们微薄力量来拯救Shrimply生命。

So they live on less than two hectares of land and have very small incomes that put them at or below the poverty line.

他们靠不足两公顷土地生活，微薄收入让他们处于甚至低于贫困线以下。

How can he support his family on such a small income?

他靠如此微薄收入要如何养家呢？

Our margins on a lot of the crops that we grow are so razor thin.

我们种植许多作物利润微薄。

The country had only just gained independence from Italy and was desperately impoverished, almost completely dependent upon foreign aid and the meager rent that they were receiving from American and British air bases located on their territory.

彼时这个国家刚刚从意大利独立出来，极度贫困，几乎完全依赖外国援助，以及从位于其领土上国和英国空军基地收取微薄租金。

Ian Cook of Visier, a human-resources-analytics firm, says that time off during lockdowns gave employees an opportunity to reflect on their relationship with " fragile and meagrely paid work" .

人力资源分析公司Visier伊恩·库克表示，封锁期间休假使员工们有机会反思他们与“脆弱且报酬微薄工作”之间关系。