hand-to-mouth

英 [ˌhænd tə ˈmaʊθ] 美 [ˌhænd tə ˈmaʊθ]

adj.  仅够糊口的; 勉强维持生计的



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 仅够糊口的;勉强维持生计的
    if you have a hand-to-mouth life, you spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food and do not have anything left

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED (生活)勉强糊口的
      A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on.
      1. The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits.
        收入最低者过着只能勉强糊口的日子,没有医疗补助或其他福利。
      2. Hand-to-mouth is also an adverb.
      3. ...penniless students living hand-to-mouth.
        身无分文、勉强度日的学生

    双语例句

    1. The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits.
      收入最低者过着只能勉强糊口的日子,没有医疗补助或其他福利。
    2. It is the product of the shape of our bodies, how hand-to-mouth behaviour is built into ( and rewarded in) our brains and the psychology of habit.
      它是我们身体构造的产物,是手对嘴行为如何在人类大脑中建立以及习惯心理的产物。
    3. From being a poor, struggling, little hand-to-mouth enterprise, it had become celebrated, and overcrowded with customers.
      这原本是一家穷得叮当响、苦巴苦结勉强糊口的小吃店,现在名声大振、顾客盈门了。
    4. Critics argue that the government's hand-to-mouth policymaking is self-defeating, and illustrates its general lack of planning.
      评论家认为政府的这种勉强过得去的政策制定方式将事与愿违,而且说明其整体缺乏计划性。
    5. Arts organisations have often lived hand-to-mouth and have long had to become more business-savvy to guarantee their survival.
      艺术组织经常只能勉强维持,长期以来,它们不得不变得更有商业头脑,以保证自己的生存。
    6. Over a week of meetings, Singapore-based traders and executives told me about a slowdown in demand in China and India; pretty bearish sentiment; plentiful supply; mounting inventories; hand-to-mouth consumers in Asia, and defaults and deferrals in shipments.
      在为期一周的会议上,新加坡交易商和企业高管告诉我,中国和印度需求放缓;情绪相当悲观;供给充足;库存不断增加;亚洲消费者仅能糊口,交货违约和延期。
    7. I won't have you living hand-to-mouth like me, you hear?
      我不想让你像我一样无隔宿之粮,听到了吗?

    习惯用语

    adj.

      live (from) hand to mouth

    • 仅够糊口度日
      to spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food without being able to save any money