汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 养家糊口
养家糊口 (養家糊口)
to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family
谓勉强养活家人,使不饿肚。
() yǎng jiā hú/hù kǒu
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我和我兄弟为了养家糊口而日夜操劳。

My brother and I worked day and night to keep the family.

他通过为犯罪团伙造假来养家糊口

He makes ends meet by working as a forger for the Mob.

她感到养家糊口是她的责任。

She feels it her duty to support her family.

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人。

Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

福克纳也承担起养家糊口的工作。

Faulkner also took on the job of supporting the rest of his family.

李梅来自中国西部,她不远千里来到这里赚钱养家糊口

She travelled hundreds of miles from west China to earn money for her family.

那是困难时期,他的父母一直挣扎着养家糊口

They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family.

他太渴望找一份工作养家糊口了,所以他辍学了。

He was so desperate to find a job to support his family that he dropped out of school.

如果我又穷又绝望,我就可能会为了养家糊口而犯罪。

If I was poor and desperate, I might commit crimes to feed my family.

我知道我可以去爱,养家糊口并生出一名健康的婴儿。

I know that I can love, raise a family and give birth to a healthy baby.