准确来说,应该是:make ends meet
意思是:使收支相抵;量入为出;收支平衡;量入而出
双语例句
1. They've got to watch every penny to make ends meet.
他们得精打细算才能维持下去。
2. She scarcely earns enough money to make ends meet.
她几乎挣不到足够的钱以维持开支。
3. Last month he couldn't make ends meet.
上个月他钱花涨了。
4. I figured that we could make both ends meet this month.
我盘算了一下,这个月的收支相抵。
5. We had a hard enough job to make ends meet.
那时,我们要应付开支是很不容易的。
应该是make ends meet
收支相抵;量入为出
双语例句
1.
Last month he couldn't make ends meet.
上个月他钱花涨了。
2.
Even those with undergraduate and graduate degrees are not immune-many end up without jobs or with low paying ones that have nothing to do with their studies just to make ends meet.
即便是那些拥有学士与硕士学位的人也不能幸免,许多人毕业即失业,还有很多人拿着微薄的薪水,做着与自身专业无关的工作,仅仅为了满足温饱。
make the end meet
满足生活的需要
或者是使收支平衡