看绝望的主妇学英语习语:Make ends meet
Make ends meet:To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).
中文释义:量入为出、使收支平衡。关于 make ends meet 的来源有两种说法,其一是说船上的绳索断了,船主为了节省不去买新的,而让水手将断了的绳索结好继续使用。另一种说法是会计要让本年度的帐目同次年帐目相互衔接,不出差错。总之,make ends meet 是和经济收入相关,其真实含意是”能够维持生活或使收支平衡”。
英语习语:“Make ends meet”相关例句:
例句1:Many contingent and nontraditional relationships are because people need more than one job to make ends meet these days.
翻译:之所以出现很多临时和非传统的关系是因为:眼下人们需要不止一份工作来保持收支平衡。
例句2:My wages were so low that I had to take a second job just to make ends meet.
我的工资实在太低,所以我需要干俩份活来维持开销。
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