bread line

常見(jiàn)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(lǐng)取養(yǎng)老金者最大的敵人，因爲(wèi)他們掙紥在生活線上，他們不可能乾等一年，以趕上物價(jià)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(yè)3年了，沒(méi)資格享受州政府用於地方公共事業(yè)的補(bǔ)助費(fèi)，所以他實(shí)際上已在領(lǐng)取救濟(jì)食品的行列之中。