许多家庭只能勉强维持生计。

Many families struggle to make ends meet.

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他的钱仅够勉强维持生计。

He has barely enough money to live on.

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店里的生意不好，他们仅能勉强维持生计。

Business at the store is bad. They can barely keep their heads above water.

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在饥荒时期，人们过得勉强维持生计的生活。

During the famine people just lived from hand to mouth.

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他靠一天几美元勉强维持着生计。

He was eking out an existence on a few dollars a day.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

他靠一天几美元勉强维持着生计。

He was eking out an existence on a few dollars a day.

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