Many families struggle to make ends meet.

许多家庭只能勉强维持生计。

The hours were convenient, but he wouldn't have been able to make ends meet.

工作时间很方便，但他会入不敷出的。

The hours were convenient, but if he had accepted it, he wouldn't have been able to make ends meet.

这个工作时间很方便，但如果他接受了，他就入不敷出了。

But do Millennials respond to these economic troubles by doing whatever it takes to make ends meet?

但是，千禧一代会为了应对这些经济问题而不择手段吗？

When people feel lonely, are grieving the loss of a loved one, or are struggling to make ends meet, their bodies go into threat mode.

当人们感到孤独，为失去所爱的人而悲伤，或为维持生计而挣扎时，他们的身体就会进入威胁状态。

Regrettably, the Tokugawa shoguns' search for solvency for the government made it increasingly difficult for individual Japanese who lived on fixed stipends to make ends meet.

令人遗憾的是，德川幕府对政府偿付能力的寻求，使靠固定津贴生活的日本人越来越难以维持生计。

But I still had to find a job to make ends meet.

可是我还得找份工作才能过日子。

It might be hard to make ends meet if you lose your job.

如果你丢了工作，那恐怕很难维持收支平衡。

Cocktail waitressing seemed like a good way to make ends meet.

所以鸡尾酒服务员这份工作看起来就像是一种很好的量入为出的方法。

I am not from Shanghai and I barely make ends meet with my salary.

我不是上海人，我的工资才刚刚能勉强够维持生活。

Now they depend on the church's help with child care to make ends meet.

但现在他们依靠教会学校的帮助来维持生计。

To make ends meet, Cubans are forced to rely on a vast informal economy.

为了保证收支平衡，古巴人被迫要依赖于巨额的非正式经济。

As a result, households have had to dip into their savings to make ends meet.

因此，很多家庭都不得不动用他们的储蓄才能达到收支平衡。

“You cannot make ends meet on 400 euros a month, ” declared one retired plumber.

“你不可能靠400欧元过一个月”，一个退休的水管工人说。

It can also relieve some of the pressure associated with trying to make ends meet.

它也可以缓解那种担心入不敷出的压力。

I could make ends meet with a full-time job, but how would that work with the kids?

有一份全职工作我就可以收支平衡，但这对孩子们行得通吗？

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。

Our former church gave it to my family, knowing I'm a single parent trying to make ends meet.

得知我是单亲妈妈，努力维持生计，我之前的教堂把它赠与了我们一家人。

They can barely make ends meet because their retirement income has vanished with the stock market.

他们几乎不能做到收支相抵，因为他们的退休收入伴随着股市一起蒸发掉了。

As a documentary filmmaker, he thinks like an indigenous tribesperson struggling to make ends meet.

而作为一名纪录片导演，他像一个努力想要达到收支平衡的土著。

One reason many people simply make ends meet and never have enough money is that they condemn money.

很多人就是达不到收支平衡和钱总是不够用的原因之一他们鄙视金钱。

Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet [5].

简直不能相信一个年轻人一周必须得工作60或70个小时来勉强维持生计。

With less access to credit, many families are finding the only way to make ends meet is to cut spending.

在获取信贷变得更难的情况下，很多家庭发现，维持日常开支的唯一办法就是减少开支。

My worst years of undergrad involved working 80 hours a week at 3 different part time jobs to make ends meet.

我本科最艰难的日子是一周做3份不同的兼职，工作80个小时，只能够凑合着生活。

If so you are much better placed than people who are burdened with excessive debts and who struggle to make ends meet.

如果你比那些负担沉重债务和努力使收支相抵的人处于一个更好的位置。