Pen has no means beyond what his mother allows him out of her slender income . 彭除了母亲从她微薄的收入里给他一些零用钱外,并没什么钱。
It ' s difficult for him to maintain his living with such slender income 靠那样微薄的一份工资他那以维持生活
To add to their slender income , she went every day to read to aunt march , a peppery old lady ; and meg , too , earned a small salary as daily nursery governess to a neighbor ' s children 为了要增加她们微薄的收入,她每天去给马奇姑姑,一个暴躁的老太太朗读;梅格也每天去做邻居孩子们的保姆以挣得些微薄的工资。