make the ends meet

常见例句

Everybody works hard to make the ends meet.
每个人都努力工作来维持生计。
We can't afford to buy this house because we won't make the ends meet.
我们买不起这房子，因为我们将入不敷出。（作宾语）
To make the ends meet, the characteristics of Chinese brand names and cultural factors, including the designative meaning, the linguistic meaning and the pragmatic meaning, are better to be known.
要使英文商标音译达到更好的效果，了解汉语商标的特征以及汉语商标中所包含的文化因素是必不可少的。

They have to make ends meet. They have to earn enough money to pay for the things they need.

It has an impact on your family right now, as you begin to contemplate life with less money to make the ends meet.
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And he believes we need to do that again next year, because that assists those families in having -- giving them the ability to make ends meet and puts money back into the economy, which in turn sustains businesses and creates jobs.
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However, when you combine those perpetual workers with ones who have to continue working to hold onto benefits, rebuild retirement savings lost in the recession, or earn supplemental income to make ends meet, the notion of retirement is completely different now from five years ago.
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