| 单词 | 微薄 |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔Canada balsam〕A viscous, yellowish, transparent resin obtained from the balsam fir and used as a cement for glass lenses and for mounting specimens on microscopic slides.加拿大香脂：从香脂冷杉中获取的一种有粘性的、淡黄色的透明树脂，用作玻璃透镜的胶合剂或将标本粘贴在显微薄片上美国传统〔JOB〕Paul was engaged as a junior clerk at a very low wage. 保罗被雇用为初级文员，薪水微薄。朗文写作活用〔LITTLE〕The workers get paid peanuts. 工人的工资十分微薄。朗文写作活用〔SERIES〕Like many rich kids, Georgie was raised by a succession of underpaid nannies. 和许多富家子弟一样，乔吉也是先后由好几个薪酬微薄的保姆抚养长大的。朗文写作活用〔SIMPLE〕My son sees life in black and white. To him, the world is full of greedy capitalists and underpaid workers. 我儿子看待生活很绝对。在他看来，世界全是贪婪的资本家和薪水微薄的工人。朗文写作活用〔USE〕Many employers are only too ready to exploit and underpay female part-time workers. 许多雇主很会剥削兼职女工，付给她们很微薄的薪水。朗文写作活用〔annuity〕She receives a small annuity.她每年得到一笔微薄的年金。剑桥高阶〔antisocial〕I got fed up with the low pay and antisocial hours .我受够了微薄的收入和妨碍社交的工作时间。朗文当代〔augment〕His small salary is augmented by a commission.佣金补充了他的微薄的薪水。21世纪英汉〔bit〕John is doing his bit to raise funds for charity.约翰正在为筹集善款尽自己的微薄之力。外研社新世纪〔commensurately〕The gain will be commensurately modest.收入也会相应地比较微薄。外研社新世纪〔dependence〕The old man's small income from rents was his only dependence.那位老人微薄的房租收入是他唯一的生活来源。英汉大词典〔disgrace〕It's a disgrace that(= it is very wrong that)they are paid so little.他们的报酬如此微薄，太不像话了。牛津高阶〔eke ... out〕They had to eke out a living on a tiny income.他们不得不靠微薄收入勉强度日。21世纪英汉〔eke out〕The company eked out a tiny profit last year.这家公司去年艰难地获得了微薄的利润。韦氏高阶〔exiguity〕The quality or condition of being scanty or meager.微薄，稀少：缺乏的或不足的情况或性质美国传统〔exiguous〕I got a teaching job at an exiguous rate of pay.我得到了一份工资微薄的教书工作。剑桥高阶〔family〕It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income.用微薄的收入抚养孩子很艰难。牛津搭配〔fly〕Their small inheritance was quickly flown.他们得到的微薄遗产很快就花光了美国传统〔get by〕How can you get by on such a small salary? 靠这点微薄的薪水你怎么过活？韦氏高阶〔get〕How does she get by on such a small salary? 她靠这点微薄的工资怎么过活？牛津高阶〔give〕I gave a small donation.我给了一点微薄的捐助。牛津高阶〔grindingly〕Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work.护理工作薪水微薄，艰苦难耐。柯林斯高阶〔income〕How does a pensioner on a low income manage to live?一个领取微薄退休金的人如何生活下去呢？外研社新世纪〔income〕She was living on a small, fixed income and having trouble paying her bills.她靠一份微薄的固定收入生活，开支捉襟见肘。牛津搭配〔infinitesimal〕She was unable to exist on her infinitesimal pension.她无法靠她那份极微薄的养老金过活。英汉大词典〔labour〕West was paid very little for his labours.韦斯特的辛勤劳动只得到了很微薄的报酬。剑桥高阶〔live〕He lived on a small income.他靠微薄的收入生活。文馨英汉〔low〕They are still having to live on very low incomes.他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。柯林斯高阶〔manage〕People like Jim have to manage on as little as $75 a week.像吉姆那样的人不得不靠每周 75 美元的微薄收入来勉强过日子。朗文当代〔meager〕She earned a meager income of five dollars a day.她每天只有五美元的微薄收入。韦氏高阶〔meagre〕He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.他靠周六做工来补贴他微薄的收入。朗文当代〔meagre〕She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.她靠做夜间清洁工来补贴其微薄的收入。牛津高阶〔measly〕I can't afford to buy a car on my measly salary.我靠微薄的工资买不起汽车。麦克米伦高阶〔miserable〕I can hardly afford the rent on my miserable income.我靠这点微薄的收入几乎交不起房租。朗文当代〔miserable〕I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable.我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作，这让我非常郁闷。柯林斯高阶〔mystery〕It is a mystery to me how he can live so well on such a small salary.他靠这么微薄的薪水竟可以过这种阔绰的生活,这对我来说是个谜。英汉大词典〔nebula〕A cloudy spot on the cornea.角膜翳：角膜上微薄遮光点美国传统〔on〕She lives on a small salary.她靠微薄的工资维生。韦氏高阶〔pay〕The post paid him remarkably little.这个职位给他的报酬极为微薄。英汉大词典〔peanut〕He works all day for peanuts.他为了微薄的收入而整天工作。韦氏高阶〔peanut〕The hotel workers get paid peanuts .酒店工作人员的薪酬十分微薄。朗文当代〔pension〕They struggled by on a small pension.他们依靠微薄的养老金勉强度日。外研社新世纪〔pittance〕He works hard but he's paid a pittance.他工作辛劳，但收入微薄。剑桥高阶〔pittance〕Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。柯林斯高阶〔pittance〕She raised three children on a pittance.她靠微薄的收入抚养三个孩子。朗文当代〔pittance〕The musicians earn a pittance.那些乐师收入微薄。朗文当代〔pity〕I pity anyone who has to feed a family on such a low income.我同情那些得依靠如此微薄的收入养活全家的人。朗文当代〔profit margin〕Many small companies operate on very narrow profit margins.许多小公司靠非常微薄的利润率维持经营。剑桥高阶〔profit〕They closed down after years of low profits.他们数年来获利微薄，终致倒闭。牛津搭配〔ration〕The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations) .犯人排队领取他们微薄的口粮。朗文当代〔scrape by/along〕He lost his job, so the family had to scrape by on one small salary.他丢了工作，所以一家人只好靠一份微薄的工资勉强过活。剑桥高阶〔shoestring〕The program was run on a shoestring.这计划靠微薄的资金支撑。朗文当代〔simply〕We had to live very simply on my father's small salary.我们依靠父亲微薄的工资得非常简朴地过活。朗文当代〔skimpy〕They suffered long hours, unsafe working conditions and skimpy pay.他们在不安全的工作环境下长时间辛苦劳作，却只有微薄的工资。柯林斯高阶〔slender〕The charity has been existing on very slender resources.这个慈善团体一直靠非常微薄的经济来源维持。麦克米伦高阶〔small〕Everyone contributed in his own small way.每人尽了自己一份微薄的力量。英汉大词典〔subsist〕Old people often subsist on very small incomes.老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。牛津高阶〔support〕His meager wage is not enough to support their five children.靠他一个人的微薄工资不足以养活他们的五个孩子。21世纪英汉〔survive〕They managed to survive on his small salary.他们得以靠他微薄的薪水维持生活。韦氏高阶〔thrift〕By thrift she managed to get along on her small salary.由于节俭,她得以靠微薄的薪水度日。英汉大词典〔tight〕They're raising three kids on one small salary so money is very tight.他们靠一份微薄的薪水抚养3个孩子，所以手头很紧。剑桥高阶〔up〕Many single parents struggle to bring their children up on a low income.许多单身父母靠微薄的收入把孩子抚养大。剑桥高阶〔wage〕He busked to supplement his meagre wages.他靠街头卖艺来贴补微薄的工资。牛津搭配Airlines run on very slim margins.航空公司的经营利润十分微薄。牛津商务He could not support his family on his meager salary. 他靠微薄的薪资无法养家。译典通He had to use his own meagre earnings to continue his research and often found himself in extreme poverty.他靠着微薄的收入维持着研究工作，不时地会发现自己处于极度贫困之中。剑桥国际He lived on a slim income. 他靠微薄的收入生活。译典通He started his business on a shoestring and built it up gradually. 他以微薄的资金创业，然后慢慢发展扩大。译典通He works hard but only earns/is only paid a pittance.他工作努力，但收入微薄。剑桥国际How does she get by on such a small salary? 她靠这点微薄的工资怎么过日子？牛津商务Many small companies operate on very narrow profit margins.许多小公司靠非常微薄的利润运转。剑桥国际Mr. Henry got a snug little income. 亨利先生仅有刚够开支的微薄收入。译典通Nursing auxiliaries are in a no-win situation because they are low-paid but at the same time not taken seriously by their superiors.护理助手们处于悲观的境地，因为他们的报酬微薄，而上级又不把他们当回事。剑桥国际She eked out her small income by washing clothes for other people. 她替人洗衣以贴补微薄的收入。译典通The bigger oil companies can spend money on marginal oil development.大型石油公司可以在利润微薄的石油开采项目上投入资金。牛津商务The company reported a small trading profit in its second year.这家公司报告，第二年的营业利润微薄。牛津商务The whole family lived on his slender earnings. 全家人靠他微薄的收入过活。译典通They employ a handful of people who work for peanuts.他们雇用了一批收入微薄的人。牛津商务They paid us a pittance and the working conditions were appalling.他们支付给我们微薄的报酬，而且工作条件非常恶劣。牛津商务They're raising three kids on one small salary so money is very tight.他们要用微薄的薪金抚养三个孩子，手头很紧。剑桥国际 |
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