hand-to-mouth

英[?h?ndt??ma?θ]
美[?h?ndt??ma?θ]

基本釋義

adj.
無隔宿之糧的,僅能糊口的

實用例句

The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits.

收入最低者過著只能勉強糊口的日子,沒有醫(yī)療補助或其他福利。

They live from hand to mouth.

他們過著糊口的生活.

期刊摘選

They live respectably from hand to mouth.

他們過著可尊敬的,自食其力的生活.

辭典例句

In the old days they lived from hand to mouth.

在舊社會他生活拮據(jù).

辭典例句

These Indians live from hand to mouth berries, nuts, and roots.

這些印第安人靠漿果 、 堅果和樹根為生.

期刊摘選

They lived form hand to mouth.

他們的生活僅能糊口.

期刊摘選

When I had no job last winter, I to live from hand to mouth.

在我丈夫失業(yè)后還沒有找到另外工作之前,我們的生活很困苦, 僅足糊口.

期刊摘選

They never saved any money, but from hand to mouth.

他們從來沒有節(jié)余下錢, 而掙了錢僅夠買吃的.

期刊摘選

Chuck and Alice are living from hand to mouth since Chuck lost his job.

自從杰克失業(yè)后,查克和愛麗絲過著拮據(jù)的生活.

期刊摘選

Our family didn't have much , so we lived from hand to mouth.

我家并不富裕, 生活只是掙一點吃一點.

期刊摘選

They always lived from hand to mouth.

他們一直過著勉強糊口的日子.

期刊摘選

All too often, businesses are undercapitalized and forced to survive hand to mouth.

企業(yè)十有八九資金不足,被迫勉強維持著生存.

期刊摘選

These people live from hand to mouth on berries and roots.

這些人靠漿果和根莖勉強度日.

期刊摘選

During the Depression, formerly rich people were bankrupted and found themselves living from hand to mouth.

在大蕭條時期, 以前富裕的人都破產(chǎn)了,他們都過著勉強糊口的日子.

期刊摘選

Nine tenths of the population in rural areas live from hand to mouth.

農(nóng)村地區(qū)90%的人僅夠糊口.

期刊摘選

The poet was starving and lived from hand to mouth.

詩人忍饑換俄,現(xiàn)掙現(xiàn)吃.

辭典例句

I have been from hand to mouth.

我一直都過著勉強糊口的生活.

期刊摘選

When I had no job last winter, I had to live from hand to mouth.

去年冬天沒找到工作, 我不得不過著勉強糊口的生活.

期刊摘選

He lived from hand to mouth because of his incapacity to work.

由于無力工作,他勉強對付著過日子.

期刊摘選

During the famine the people lived from hand to mouth.

饑荒時人們勉強度日.

期刊摘選

The poor man lived from hand to mouth.

那個窮人的生活只夠糊口.

期刊摘選

We live from hand to mouth because my father is an accountant with a low salary.

我們過著僅能糊口的生活,因為我父親只是個薪水很低的會計員.

期刊摘選

This rich person is the opposite of a person who head hand to mouth.

在一個富人的對立面就是一個貧苦的人.

期刊摘選

We always lived from hand to mouth in those days.

那時候,我們總是過著朝不保夕的生活.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

This rich person is the opposite opposite of a person from hand to mouth.

和這種富裕的人相反的有另一種人.

期刊摘選

We're just living from hand to mouth. You are totally off base!

我們的收入只夠勉強糊口. 你真是太離譜了!

期刊摘選

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. providing only bare essentials;

    "a hand-to-mouth existence"

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