他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。They are still having to live on very low incomes.老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。Old people often subsist on very small incomes.他靠微薄的工资无法养家.He could not support his family on his meager salary....

“微薄的”的英语可以翻译为：scanty，slender ...