N-SING Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed. 贫困线 [usu 'on the' N]
We lived on the breadline to get our son through college.
供儿子上大学期间我们的生活非常拮据。
They're not exactly on the breadline.
他们其实并非生活在贫困线上。
This photo of a sad man in a bread line is a symbol of this difficult period in United States history.
这张照片里，一个排队领救济的男人就代表了美国那段历史的艰难时期。
He says the bakery employees let some people inside to get bread quickly while he and the rest are waiting in line outside in the sun for hours.
萨米尔抱怨说，面包店的工作人员让一些人插队买到面包，而他和其他顾客却要在炎热的太阳下苦等几个小时。
However, when I look at the etymology of the word lord there is a certain accuracy to that line in the Lord’s Prayer that goes “give us this day our daily bread.”
不过，在查阅这个单词词源的时候，我还真地发现，上面那种表示虔诚的说法是有一定的道理——在上帝的信徒中，很久以来都流传着这么一句话：“我们日用的饮食（daily bread），今日赐给我们。”
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