91talk 发表于 2020-10-20 15:29:37

看美剧学英语习语：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”。
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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。

秒手空空 发表于 2020-10-28 15:57:16

mywagesare slowtoo.

qq_qzuser_Xbz 发表于 2022-7-21 11:09:06

what do you mean?how to get the scores?

qq_qzuser_cV8 发表于 2022-12-13 15:05:03

make ends meet
收支平衡，勉强维持生机。
you're always thinking about how to make ends meet.

Justin_lee 发表于 2022-12-25 14:45:03

Got it, thanks!
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