Maybe you have a newborn or a sick child, or maybe you're working two jobs to make ends meet.

可能你有一个刚出生或者生病的孩子，又或者你在打两份工以维持生活。

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But we know it takes two paychecks to make ends meet today, when it used to take one.

但是我们知道今天花了两张付薪水的支票来收支相抵，就在惯常的花掉一张的时候。

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After two months of unemployment, she took a part-time job driving a limousine to help make ends meet, though she says she can't count on it as regular income.

失业两个月后，她找了一份开豪华轿车的兼职工作以支付生活开支，不过她说自己不能指望用那作为正规收入。

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His dad, "Big Russ, " was a sanitation worker who had often worked two shifts to make ends meet.

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That same black woman lived in a two-bedroom home and saw her parents bust their butts to make ends meet, and scrape together every penny to send their children to the nation's finest schools.

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This suggests that the base pay rates remain too low and that many workers are struggling to make ends meet given the rising cost of living in China and the difficulty that single children have in supporting two aging parents.

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