They were on the edge of malnutrition no matter when it was at the best of times or the meager harvest.

他们无论是在景况最好的时候还是在歉收的时候都濒临于营养不良。

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Meager opinion on recoverable ecology of converting farmland into forest

退耕还林的恢复生态学刍议

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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？

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My life was nothing more than solidarity and like a trilogy of heaven, earth and hell with meager values left.

我这辈子，经历了天堂、地狱、人间三部曲，充其量不过是一场孤单的人生，没有什么意义和价值。

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Actors would gather outside what was left of the building to pick up their meager salaries.

演员们不得不聚集在大楼残骸外面来获取微薄的收入。

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Other elderly people resort to petty theft to increase their meager purchasing power.

一些老人小偷小摸，以增加他们微薄的购买力。

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It is because these products are cheap, and given people's meager salaries these ersatz goods are often their only option.

因为这些产品价格低廉，他们微薄的收入只能去消费这些假冒伪劣产品。

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Acting on the hunch, I dumped my meager life savings -- about $9, 000 -- into the rare-earths sector, and waited for the payoff.

于是凭直觉，我用我可怜的积蓄（大概9千美元）买了稀土股，等待回报。

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During their six- to 12-week voyages they lived on meager rations.

在6到12周的航行中，他们依靠微薄的口粮生存。

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The last time such a meager increase did not coincide with a recession came in the 1950s.

在如此不给力的就业岗位创造增长速度下却没发生经济衰退，那还是20世纪50年代的事了。

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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。

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He was collecting a meager stipend as a brokerage trainee, and, like many working poor in America, he had a job but couldn't make ends meet.

正像许多美国穷人一样，他找了一份工作，但还是入不敷出。

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The most common food distribution is families' andneighboursneighbors' sharing their meager resources with others.

最常见的食物分配是家庭和邻里贡献他们少得可怜的资源。

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Eventually, his parents had to invest more money to help their only son eke out a meager living by running his own electronics store.

最终，王建海的父母不得不再次掏腰包资助儿子开了家电器商店，勉强维持生计。

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German unions have also been willing to accept meager wage increases in return for employment guarantees.

作为失业担保的报答，德国各工会将接受较小幅度的工资增长。

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