breadwinner

• n. 負(fù)擔(dān)家計(jì)的人；養(yǎng)家糊口的人

bread, 面包。win, 古義追求，同Venus, 愛(ài)神維納斯。

breadwinner (n.)

also bread-winner, "one who supplies a living for others, especially a family," 1821, from the noun bread (probably in a literal sense) + winner, from win (v.) in its sense of "struggle for, work at." Attested slightly earlier (1818) in sense "skill or art by which one makes a living." Not too far removed from the image at the root of lord (n.).

1. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.

社會(huì)地位很大程度上是由家里經(jīng)濟(jì)支柱的職業(yè)決定的。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.

她丈夫死后,她不得不賺錢養(yǎng)家.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.

一直由我支付賬單，維持家庭生計(jì)。

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. When the breadwinner is ill, his children will do anything rather than starve.

大人病了, 兒女們做賊做娼也比餓著強(qiáng)!

來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子

5. When his father died, he became the breadwinner of the family.

父親死后, 他便成了全家養(yǎng)家糊口的人.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)