make ends meet

短语
大学

量入为出,使收支相抵

发音

AU

词形变化

made ends meet makes ends meet 三单 makes ends meet making ends meet making ends meet 现在分词 made ends meet 过去式 made ends meet 过去分词

教材释义与例句

使收支相抵；量入为出；收支平衡

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).

    量入为出

    维持生活

    习语

词源

Unknown. Perhaps originally referred to the ends of rope meeting, signifying continuity and therefore security and stability. Perhaps shifting later to refer to the attempt at making money last from one pay period to the next (i.e. the ends), thereby leaving no gap or break in the availability of funds. Compare French joindre les deux bouts (literally “join the two ends”) with the same meaning. The form make both ends meet is attested from the 17th century, and was the more common form until the early-to-mid 20th century.

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