| 词汇 | breadline |
| 释义 | breadlineWord family adjectivebreadednounbread-and-butterbreadbasketbreadberrybread binbreadboardbreadcrumbbreadfruitbreadheadbreadnutbreadroombreadrootbreadstickbreadstuffbreadwinnerbread bread·line /ˈbredlaɪn/ noun the breadline POORa very low level of income that allows people to eat but not have any extra things 贫困线，贫困户的收入水平 a family living on the breadline 一个生活在贫困线上的家庭 Examples from the Corpus breadline• They claim the Act will lead to more financial hardship for breadline families and trigger more violence in the home.• On most days, the breadline begins to form by seven o'clock in the morning.• And resorts, tour operators and shops can not afford to advertise if they are on the breadline.• After all, the family is hardly on the breadline.• One was the incongruity between de Gaulle's ambitions and the needs of a nation on the breadline.• In the black-earth regions, however, the great majority remained close to the breadline. From Longman Business Dictionary breadlinebread·line /ˈbredlaɪn/ noun 1be on/near the breadline to be extremely poor They are not well-off, but they are not on the breadline. 2be below the breadline to be below the level which is officially considered to be extremely poor an estimate that over half the population was living below the breadline |
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