商务英语:今日热词——勉强糊口
《财富》(中文版)
2013年11月27日
EXAMPLE: Farmers in the remote mountains are able to eke out a living by selling any spare food they grow in the market of a local village.
这一偏远山区的农民依靠在当地村子里的市场上出售他们种植的剩余粮食勉强糊口。
这一偏远山区的农民依靠在当地村子里的市场上出售他们种植的剩余粮食勉强糊口。
今日单词:
单词 | pandiculation |
中文释义 |
伸腰打哈欠(名词) |
英文释义 |
(noun) The stretching of the body that sometimes accompanies yawning. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: In the morning after the passengers on the night train awoke, several of them stood up and engaged in a little drowsy pandiculation. 早上,夜班列车的乘客醒来了,其中几个人站起身,懒散地打着哈欠。 |
今日短语:
短语 |
to eke out a living |
中文释义 |
勉强糊口 |
英文释义 |
To work very hard to earn a small amount of money that is just barely sufficient for survival. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: Farmers in the remote mountains are able to eke out a living by selling any spare food they grow in the market of a local village. 这一偏远山区的农民依靠在当地村子里的市场上出售他们种植的剩余粮食勉强糊口。 |