keep body and soul together

keep body and soul together

美 　英

• na.仅能维持生活；勉强维持生计；糊口
• 网络维持生命；勉强维持生活；苟延残喘

英汉解释

na.	1. 仅能维持生活;勉强维持生计;糊口

英英解释

na.	1. to have just enough money to buy food and other necessary things, mainly used in British English

例句

They had to work from early morning until late at night for a wage barely enough to keep body and soul together.

为了一点勉强糊口的工资，他们只得从清晨干到深夜。

When I left home, work was difficult to find, and I earned hardly enough to keep body and soul together.

当初我离开家时，工作很难找，我挣的钱仅能勉强维持生存。

The man who works the long hours has no necessities except the barest to keep body and soul together, so he can work.

日工作时间长的人，除了维持最低的生活水平以便能继续劳动外没有别的需求。

I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery, and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together.

我在LatinQuarter靠近公墓的地方有一间小小的公寓，我挣钱很少，几乎活不下去。

Before liberation we hardly earned enough to keep body and soul together.

解放前，我们挣的钱简直没法养活自己。

When he was out of work, he could hardly keep body and soul together.

他失业时，几乎无法养活自己。

I toiled for them all the year round, but I could scarcely keep body and soul together.

我给他们一年到头干活，却难以维持生活。

There is no certain economic source, people can't keep body and soul together any further, so will also break out many family problems.

没有了一定的经济来源，人们再也无法维持生计，因此也会爆发许多家庭问题。

He earns scarcely enough to keep body and soul together. together.

他挣的钱几乎难以维持生活.三，词义的褒贬色彩

She hardly earns enough to keep body and soul together.

她的收入几乎不够维持生活。

She hardly eat enough to keep body and soul together.

她没有足够的食物来维持生命。

He eats hardly enough to keep body and soul together.

他吃的食物少得难以维持生命。

Mr White had so little money a month that he could hardly keep body and soul together .

怀特先生一个月挣的钱如此少，以致于难以维持活命。

John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together.

约翰一年中大部分时间失业，他赚的钱简直不够维持生活。

With this sum, this family could hardly keep body and soul together.

这个家庭很难用这一点点钱来维持生计。

He worked and night , but could scarcely keep body and soul together .

他日夜不停地工作，却还是几乎不能维持生活。

Before the liberation he was a cart-driver who could barely keep body and soul together, let alone support his family.

解放前，他是个赶大车的，连自己的生活都难以维持，更不用说养家糊口了。

he could hardly keep body and soul together .

他几乎不能够维持生活。

The battle to keep body and soul together is long and difficult.

让身心健康的战争是漫长且困难的。

With this sum the family could hardly keep body and soul together.

这么一点儿钱，一家人简直没法维持生活。

His job can hardly keep body and soul together .

他的工作简直不能维持生命。

Eg. He could barely keep body and soul together, let alone support his family.

他连自己的生活都难以维持，更不用说养家了。

In these days of rising prices it is difficult for us to keep body and soul together.

在这物价日涨的日子里，我们难以维持生存。

Yeah. I slave day and night just so we can have enough food to keep body and soul together.

啊，我没日没夜的拼命干活才赞够了能将我们的身体和灵魂保持在一起的食物。

I was earning hardly enough money to keep body and soul together.

我几乎挣不到足够的钱来维持生计。

it is difficult for many people to keep body and soul together.

物价上涨这些日子许多人难以维持生活。