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I work my ass off everyday to try to make ends meet.为了能够维持生计，我每天都在拼命工作。Where once she had been totally self-sufficient, she now had to survive on income support.她曾经完全能自给自足，而现在却不得不靠收入补助金维持生计。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。Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.很多渔民认为新规定对他们的生计造成了威胁。He's working at the shop to keep body and soul together.他在这家商店里工作以维持生计。The family started taking in boarders to make ends meet.为了维持生计，那家人开始接待寄宿者。A year ago, they took away my freedom and now they take the bread out of my mouth.一年以前，他们剥夺了我的自由，现在又断了我的生计。He found himself living in reduced circumstances after he lost his job.他发现自己失业后生计窘迫。Many of these teachers are struggling to survive financially.这些老师中有许多人正艰难地维持生计。Almost every employee must moonlight in second jobs simply to subsist.只是为了维持生计，几乎每个职员都要偷偷地做兼职。Farmers barely scratch a living.农民们在勉强维持生计。Mowing lawns is his only livelihood.他仅靠给人家草坪除草维持生计。I'm really a poet, but I've got to earn my crust as an accountant.我其实是个诗人，但我得靠做会计维持生计。I'm a simple farmer just trying to make a living.我只是个努力维持生计的普通农民。He at first kept body and soul together by selling cartoons to the humorous papers.他最初通过向幽默搞笑类报纸出售卡通漫画维持生计。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。The workers lived in poor conditions and were paid starvation wages.工人的生活条件很差，所得工资难以维持生计。You can work like a dog and still not make ends meet.你可以拼命工作，但还是不能维持生计。Jim decided to turn in his job and look for a new life.吉姆决定辞去工作另谋生计。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。I'm just an ordinary schmo trying to make a living.我只是个想谋份生计的凡夫俗子。Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.大型超市的掠夺性价格正威胁着小商店的生计。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。The cull is thought to have cost many farmers their livelihoods.有人认为这次宰杀牲畜使许多农民失去了生计。She kept the family afloat by dealing in antiques.她的古董生意使一家人得以维持生计。He makes a/his living by doing small jobs.他靠打零工维持生计。Is that all you do for a living? What a racket.那就是你的谋生之道？真是个容易赚钱的生计。Old people often have to subsist on very low incomes.老人往往不得不依靠很低的收入来维持生计。The British beef crisis was damaging to the livelihoods of thousands of people in the industry.英国的牛肉危机危害了该行业中成千上万人的生计。Fishermen are angry about the new EC fishing regulations because they feel that their livelihood is being threatened.渔民对欧盟的新捕鱼规定非常不满，因为他们觉得自己的生计受到了威胁。She has been reduced to doing menial work to make ends meet.她已被迫去做一些卑微的工作来维持生计。He earned a/his living as a cook. = He made a living by working as a cook.他靠当厨师维持生计。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。The new law threatens the livelihood of thousands of farmers.新法律对数以千计农民的生计造成威胁。If you find it hard to live on your present salary, the best remedy would be to change jobs.如果你觉得靠现时的工资难以维持生计，那最好的办法就是换工作。The boss called him to the office and sent him packing.老板把他叫到办公室，叫他另谋生计。He scratched out a living as a farmer.他是个农民，勉强维持着生计。I supported us by writing bilge for women's magazines.我胡乱给女性杂志写点东西，维持我们的生计。At the moment they are existing on pensions that are subsidised by the government.此刻他们正依靠政府发放的养老金维持生计。I just cannot afford to keep myself.我难以维持生计。 |