Breadline
n. 等待分配救济食物的队伍
📖 牛津释义
breadline
n
1 queue of people waiting for free food given as charity 等候领救济食品的队伍.
2 (idm 习语) on the breadline very poor 极其穷困
We've been living on the breadline for weeks. 几个星期以来我们一直吃了上顿没下顿.
🗣️ 情景例句
then I care about us.
那么我便关心我们大家。
Quality matters more than quanity.
质量比数量重要。
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑妈待佣人在当时算是开明的，从来不让佣人每天工作超过8小时，但他们很难使她称心如意。