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After the factories closed, many people lived a hand-to-mouth existence. 工厂关闭后，许多人仅能勉强维持生活。Farmers barely scratch a living.农民们在勉强维持生计。We had a hard time making ends meet.我们曾有过一段勉强维持生计的困难时期。The organization remains afloat by renting out its skilled technicians to other companies.这个机构靠外借高级技工给其他公司勉强维持下去。Farmers have only just managed to survive.农民们勉强维持生存。Many of the peasants survive on tiny plots of corn and beans.许多农民靠着小片地上种的玉米和豆子勉强维持生计。She had to take on two jobs just to keep body and soul together.她不得不做两份工作来勉强维持生活。With Betty's salary they barely made ends meet.加上贝蒂的薪水，他们仅能勉强维持生计。We have so much debt that we're barely able to keep our heads above water.我们有非常多的债务，只能勉强维持生计。When we were first married we had to pinch pennies just to get by.我们刚结婚时不得不精打细算才得以勉强维持生计。That school has always had a bit of a struggle to keep going.那所学校一直在勉强维持着。Who can predict how long this uneasy peace between the two countries will last?谁能预言两国之间勉强维持的和平能持续多久？As a student, he took an evening job to keep the wolf from the door.他上学时兼做一份夜间工作，勉强维持生计。For centuries farmers there have only just managed to survive.几个世纪以来，那里的农民只能勉强维持生计。She eked out a miserable living as a washer woman.她靠给人家洗衣服来勉强维持生计。For years they struggled to keep their heads above water.多年来他们一直勉强维持着生活。He has barely enough money to live on.他的钱仅够勉强维持生计。He struggled to scratch/eke out a living as a farmer.作为农民，他拼命努力以勉强维持生计。She was able to rub along by giving English lessons.她靠教英文勉强维持生活。That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides .那迫使农民们努力在陡峭的山坡上勉强维持生计。We can scrape by, thanks to what we grow ourselves.多亏了我们自己种的东西，我们还能勉强维持生活。We have hardly any money, but we can squeak by till the end of the month.我们几乎没有钱了，但还能勉强维持到月底。The worst-paid lead a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits.没有医疗补助或其他福利，最低收入者只能勉强维持生计。They were forced to scratch a living by selling things on the streets.他们被迫靠在街上卖东西来勉强维持生计。The system was groaning under an avalanche of applications.系统运行了大量的应用程序，只能勉强维持运转。They were living barely above the level of subsistence.他们的生活勉强维持在温饱水平上。Their marriage lurched forward.他们的婚姻勉强维持着。The company is struggling.该公司勉强维持着。They eked out a living from the poor soil of the family's farm. 他们靠家庭农场贫瘠的土地勉强维持生计。They are borrowing money just to stay afloat.他们在借钱勉强维持。Schools are struggling after years of underfunding.学校多年来资金匮乏，只能勉强维持。He scratched out a living as a farmer.他是个农民，勉强维持着生计。 |