It's hard to make a living.
打工族常抱怨謀生艱難，賺到的錢只夠養(yǎng)活自己，英文可以說：It's hard to make a living. (很難賺到維持生計的錢)，或者說：It's hard to earn a living，而收入平衡支出，英文可以說：to make ends meet，如果只能糊口，英文可以說：living hand-to-mouth。
對 話
Kate: Are you enjoying living in Asia?
Lisa: Yes, but I'll tell you one thing, it's hard to make a living.
Kate: You must be kidding. This area is booming and there are jobs aplenty. You have a university degree don't you? Then what's the problem?
Lisa: My degree is in ancient Egyptian archeology with a minor in South American tribal languages. My phone doesn't ring a lot with job offers.
凱伊：你喜歡在亞洲居住嗎？
莉薩：是，但我想告訴你，謀生很不容易。
凱伊：你一定在開玩笑，這地方正蓬勃發(fā)展，有大量職位空缺，你不是有大學學位嗎？那會有什么問題？
莉薩：我拿的是古埃及考古學學位，副修南美洲部族語言，我沒收到叫我去應征的電話。
凱伊說亞洲經(jīng)濟蓬勃: There are jobs aplenty.(有大量職位空缺) 。但莉薩所習學科不切實際，所以說謀生很不容易：It's hard to make a living。
Aplenty一字多見于口語，意思是‘很多’，習慣用在名詞之后，等于in plenty，例如：（1）With money aplenty/in plenty, he does not have to work.(他很有錢，不必工作) 。（2）There are workers aplenty/in plenty.（勞工市場僧多粥少）。留意aplenty修飾可數(shù)(countable noun)或不可數(shù)名詞(uncountable noun)都可以。
謀生困難，可以說It is hard to make/earn/get/gain a living.或It is hard to make/earn/get/gain a livelihood. Living/livelihood都是說‘生計’，例如: I have to work for a living/livelihood.（我要工作維持生計）。
說生活艱難，英文還有一個常用說法：to eke out a living/livelihood。這eke必須和out連用，例如：He eked out a living as a salesman.（他做售貨員，勉強維持生計）。‘勉強維持生計’還可說to scrape along 或to scrape by，例如：I have to scrape along on a meager salary.（我靠微薄的薪水勉強維持生計）。Meager是‘貧乏’或‘瘦削’，例如a meager living（貧困的生活）、a cancer patient's meager body（癌癥患者羸弱的身體）。
To live from hand to mouth或to live hand-to-mouth則是‘家無隔宿糧’的形象化說法，指現(xiàn)賺現(xiàn)吃，例如：Nobody fancies leading a hand-to-mouth existence.（沒有人喜歡朝掙暮食的困苦生活）。
打工族常抱怨謀生艱難，賺到的錢只夠養(yǎng)活自己，英文可以說：It's hard to make a living. (很難賺到維持生計的錢)，或者說：It's hard to earn a living，而收入平衡支出，英文可以說：to make ends meet，如果只能糊口，英文可以說：living hand-to-mouth。
對 話
Kate: Are you enjoying living in Asia?
Lisa: Yes, but I'll tell you one thing, it's hard to make a living.
Kate: You must be kidding. This area is booming and there are jobs aplenty. You have a university degree don't you? Then what's the problem?
Lisa: My degree is in ancient Egyptian archeology with a minor in South American tribal languages. My phone doesn't ring a lot with job offers.
凱伊：你喜歡在亞洲居住嗎？
莉薩：是，但我想告訴你，謀生很不容易。
凱伊：你一定在開玩笑，這地方正蓬勃發(fā)展，有大量職位空缺，你不是有大學學位嗎？那會有什么問題？
莉薩：我拿的是古埃及考古學學位，副修南美洲部族語言，我沒收到叫我去應征的電話。
凱伊說亞洲經(jīng)濟蓬勃: There are jobs aplenty.(有大量職位空缺) 。但莉薩所習學科不切實際，所以說謀生很不容易：It's hard to make a living。
Aplenty一字多見于口語，意思是‘很多’，習慣用在名詞之后，等于in plenty，例如：（1）With money aplenty/in plenty, he does not have to work.(他很有錢，不必工作) 。（2）There are workers aplenty/in plenty.（勞工市場僧多粥少）。留意aplenty修飾可數(shù)(countable noun)或不可數(shù)名詞(uncountable noun)都可以。
謀生困難，可以說It is hard to make/earn/get/gain a living.或It is hard to make/earn/get/gain a livelihood. Living/livelihood都是說‘生計’，例如: I have to work for a living/livelihood.（我要工作維持生計）。
說生活艱難，英文還有一個常用說法：to eke out a living/livelihood。這eke必須和out連用，例如：He eked out a living as a salesman.（他做售貨員，勉強維持生計）。‘勉強維持生計’還可說to scrape along 或to scrape by，例如：I have to scrape along on a meager salary.（我靠微薄的薪水勉強維持生計）。Meager是‘貧乏’或‘瘦削’，例如a meager living（貧困的生活）、a cancer patient's meager body（癌癥患者羸弱的身體）。
To live from hand to mouth或to live hand-to-mouth則是‘家無隔宿糧’的形象化說法，指現(xiàn)賺現(xiàn)吃，例如：Nobody fancies leading a hand-to-mouth existence.（沒有人喜歡朝掙暮食的困苦生活）。