breadwinner
英 ['bredwɪnə]
美['brɛdwɪnɚ]
- n. 负担家计的人；养家糊口的人
实用场景例句
- I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.
- 一直由我支付账单，维持家庭生计。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When the breadwinner is ill, his children will do anything rather than starve.
- 大人病了, 儿女们做贼做娼也比饿着强!
汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- He knows and accepts the fact that his wife may be the breadwinner.
- 他明白,他妻子所挣的钱可能是家庭收入的主要来源,他接受这一事实.
期刊摘选
- When his father died, he became the breadwinner of the family.
- 父亲死后, 他便成了全家养家糊口的人.
期刊摘选
- Mui Da Hsien ( Anita Mui ), the eldest sister, is the breadwinner in the family.
- 梅家四姊妹自幼无父无母, 大家姐大香 ( 梅艳芳饰 ) 独力持家.
期刊摘选
- During this time, Lee's wife a molecular biologist , was the sole breadwinner for the family.
- 在此期间, 李安的妻子林惠嘉(分子生物学家)养家糊口.
期刊摘选
- If the breadwinner deserts the family, it will be left penniless.
- 如果家庭支柱离家出走,那么这个家庭将会一文不名.
期刊摘选
- Many return to families crippled by debt from months without a breadwinner.
- 许多人回到家中不能养家糊口,数月以来负债累累.
期刊摘选
- When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.
- 她丈夫死后,她不得不赚钱养家.
《简明英汉词典》
- Who is the breadwinner in your family?
- 你们家是靠谁的收入过活的?
期刊摘选
- Hero is a normal human, just like breadwinner.
- 英雄平时就是个普通人, 一样得养家活口.
期刊摘选
- I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.
- 一直由我支付账单，维持家庭生计。
辞典例句
- Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.
- 社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。
柯林斯例句