1.
His grandfather made a scanty living by practising feng shui for people.
他的祖父靠给人看风水勉强维持生计。
2.
He has barely enough money to live on.
他的钱仅够勉强维持生计。
3.
Business at the store is bad. They can barely keep their heads above water.
店里的生意不好，他们仅能勉强维持生计。
4.
Eke out a scanty subsistence by fishing
靠捕鱼勉强维持生活
5.
eking out a meagre existence
勉强维持贫困的生活.
6.
My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.
父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。
7.
She is able to rub along by giving English lessons
她靠教英文勉强维持生活
8.
The battle to keep body and soul together was long and difficult.
经过长期艰苦奋斗才勉强维持生活。
9.
Their wages is barely enough to keep the wolf from the door.
他们的工资勉强够维持生活的。
10.
He earns 500 dollars a month and can keep the wolf from the door
他每月挣500美元，能勉强维持生活。
11.
We scratched along that year with very little money.
那一年我们靠一点点钱勉强维持生活。
12.
He scraped a living (by) selling old clothes.
他靠卖旧衣服勉强维持生活。
13.
Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door.
他们的工资勉强够维持生活的.
14.
The supplies of food were scarcely enough to maintain life
食品的供应仅够勉强维持生命。
15.
She eked out a living on a tiny income
她靠微薄的收入勉强维持生活。
16.
She was able to rub along by giving English lessons.
她靠教英文勉强维持生活。
17.
He works 50 hours a week and still only earns enough to scrape by.
他每周工作50小时，仍然只能勉强维持生活。
18.
All too often, businesses are undercapitalized and forced to survive hand to mouth.
企业十有八九资金不足，被迫勉强维持着生存。