bread line
英汉例句
- Inflation was the pensioner's worst enemy because they were on the bread line, and could not wait for a year to catch up with the price increase.
通貨膨脹是領取養老金者最大的敵人，因爲他們掙紥在生活線上，他們不可能乾等一年，以趕上物價的上漲。 - He was out of work for three years and did not qualify for state aid, so that he was practically on the bread line.
他失業3年了，沒資格享受州政府用於地方公共事業的補助費，所以他實際上已在領取救濟食品的行列之中。