make the ends meet
基本解釋
- 使收支平衡
英漢例句
- Everybody works hard to make the ends meet.
每個人都努力工作來維持生計。 - We can't afford to buy this house because we won't make the ends meet.
我們買不起這房子，因爲我們將入不敷出。（作賓語） - To make the ends meet, the characteristics of Chinese brand names and cultural factors, including the designative meaning, the linguistic meaning and the pragmatic meaning, are better to be known.
要使英文商標音譯達到更好的傚果，了解漢語商標的特征以及漢語商標中所包含的文化因素是必不可少的。 - They have to make ends meet. They have to earn enough money to pay for the things they need.
- It has an impact on your family right now, as you begin to contemplate life with less money to make the ends meet.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefings - And he believes we need to do that again next year, because that assists those families in having -- giving them the ability to make ends meet and puts money back into the economy, which in turn sustains businesses and creates jobs.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing - However, when you combine those perpetual workers with ones who have to continue working to hold onto benefits, rebuild retirement savings lost in the recession, or earn supplemental income to make ends meet, the notion of retirement is completely different now from five years ago.
FORBES: New Evidence That Retirement Is A Thing Of The Past