breadwinner

UK:  ['bred.wɪnə(r)]

US:  ['bred.wɪnər]

复数：breadwinners  

n.

1.养家活口的人

2.生计;职业;谋生的工具〔手艺〕

1 . And while women are now able to be the family breadwinner, a third of mothers feel guilty about going out to work and leaving the children.
不过虽然现在女性可以成为养家糊口的顶梁柱，还是有三分之一的母亲感到很愧疚，因为要出去工作只能离开孩子。

2 . The main breadwinner in her family, she used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka.
她家主要靠她赚钱维持生计，她曾在斯里兰卡一家茶场挣一份微薄的工资。

3 . An ideal family: father is usually the breadwinner of the family, so his wife doesn't have to go out to work.
一个理想的家庭：父亲是家里的主要经济来源，这样他的妻子不必外出工作。

4 . Cassim said she feared that her husband, the sole breadwinner of the household, would stop spending on her after taking a second wife.
雅斯敏说她担心她的丈夫，唯一养家糊口的人，在娶了第二个妻子后会不再供给自己花费。

5 . If I were the sole breadwinner of my family, I'm not sure I could put up with this myself.
如果我是家庭中唯一的生活支柱，我不确定自己是否能够做出这种选择。