hand-to-mouth的中文翻译是什么意思

hand-to-mouth

US/ˈhændtəˈmaʊθ/
UK/ˈhændtəˈmaʊθ/

adj. 无隔宿之粮的,仅能糊口的

hand-to-mouth柯林斯释义

ADJ-GRADED(生活)勉强糊口的

A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on.

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

    收入最低者过着只能勉强糊口的日子,没有医疗补助或其他福利。

hand-to-mouth英文释义

Adjective

1. providing only bare essentials;

  • a hand-to-mouth existence

hand-to-mouth场景例句

They live from hand to mouth.

他们过着糊口的生活.

They live respectably from hand to mouth.

他们过着可尊敬的,自食其力的生活.

In the old days they lived from hand to mouth.

在旧社会他生活拮据.

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

这些印第安人靠浆果 、 坚果和树根为生.

They lived form hand to mouth.

他们的生活仅能糊口.

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