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I'm just a pensioner, trying to keep my head above water.我就领一点养老金勉强度日。They were poor as children, and sometimes had to go without.他们童年时非常贫困，有时候只能勉强度日。She scrapes a living singing jingles for TV.她靠演唱电视广告歌勉强度日。He filed war stories for the magazine to eke a living.他靠给杂志撰写战争故事来勉强度日。Melville managed to get by on a small amount of money.梅尔维尔仅靠一点点钱勉强度日。He was barely surviving on his earnings as an artist.他画画的收入只够勉强度日。He settled in Paris, where he scraped a living writing short stories and magazine articles.他定居巴黎，以写短篇小说和杂志文章勉强度日。Many of our parents only managed to scrape along.我们当中许多人的父母只能勉强度日。We're barely scraping along on my salary.我们靠我的工资勉强度日。She eked out a living by selling firewood.她靠卖柴勉强度日。Getting by was his main purpose in life.他活着主要就是为了能勉强度日。They struggled by on a small pension.他们依靠微薄的养老金勉强度日。He was eking out an existence on a few francs a day.他每天就靠几法郎勉强度日。She's scraping along on just a few hundred dollars a month.她靠着一个月几百美元勉强度日。I've had my chance and I scraped through with my life.我也曾有过机会，可最终还是勉强度日。The family could just scrape along but never asked for charity.这家人只能勉强度日，但从没有要过救济。The workers are expected to subsist on a dollar a day.工人们只有靠一天一美元的收入勉强度日。We're barely scraping by on my salary.我们靠我的工资勉强度日。He made a living of sorts selling pancakes from a van.他靠用货车卖薄饼勉强度日。 |