breadline是什么意思？

breadline

英[ˈbredlaɪn] 美[ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn]

• n. 等候领救济食品的队伍，极为贫困；

例句

• The widow and her children are on the breadline. 这个寡妇和她的孩子们日子过得很苦,仅能维持生活.
• Most of the unemployed in this area are on the breadline. 这一地区的失业人口大多数都十分贫困.
• We lived on the breadline to get our son through college. 为了供儿子读完大学，我们生活非常拮据。
• They're not exactly on the breadline. 严格说来他们并没有处于赤贫状态。
• We lived on the breadline to get our son through college... 为了供儿子读完大学，我们生活非常拮据。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  等候领取救济食品的队伍；赤贫线
  Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
  例句
  We lived on the breadline to get our son through college... 为了供儿子读完大学，我们生活非常拮据。 They're not exactly on the breadline. 严格说来他们并没有处于赤贫状态。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  极为贫困
  Most of the unemployed in this area are on the breadline. 这一地区的失业人口大多数都十分贫困。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a queue of people waiting for free food