He worked as a tax collector to support himself.

他做收税员来养活自己。

金山词霸

Groceries cost a fortune, yet we gotta feed our children.

食品价格昂贵，但我们还得养活孩子。

金山词霸

He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.

他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人.

《简明英汉词典》

His wages were pitifully inadequate for the needs of his growing family.

他的工资少得可怜,不够养活不断添丁增口的家庭.

《简明英汉词典》

He has been sponging off us.

多年来他一直靠我们养活他.

《简明英汉词典》

His wages are adequate to support three people.

他的工资够养活三口人.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He has a wife and family to keep.

他有妻室儿女要养活.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I studied at college anyway, working as a part-time employee to support myself.

总之我上了大学，做兼职工作来养活自己。

金山词霸

By the age of seven, I had already supported myself through various types of employment.

从七岁起，我就已经通过各种各样的工作来养活自己了。

金山词霸

They regarded the labouring class as a mere means to the maintenance of the rest.

他们把劳动阶级看作一种养活其他阶级的纯粹的工具.

《用法词典》

He struggled to feed his family on the equivalent of a modest monthly income, finding it quite challenging with five mouths to feed.

他艰难地用相当于一份微薄月收入的金额来养活家人，要养活五口之家让他倍感压力。

金山词霸

Yet he couldn't stop her, being unable to support his children himself.

但是他没法拦阻她, 他知道自己没力量养活着儿女们.

汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

Feeding a hungry family can be expensive.

养活饥肠辘辘的一家人花费很大。

辞典例句

Why should she feed this horde of hungry men?

她干吗要养活这群饿痨鬼 呢 ?

飘（部分）

I used to keep them alive -- in a small hothouse. "

我养活它们, 养在小温室里. ”

百科语句