日常生活中,如果我們說,某某是我的飯票,那就是說,某某為我提供主要的生活來源。其實,英語中也有相同的用法。Meal ticket一詞除了字面表示的“餐票”意思之外,也可以指某人的生活來源依靠。
Meal ticket may refer to a) a ticket that entitles the bearer to meals in a specified restaurant, especially when meals purchased in this manner are offered at reduced rates; b) someone upon whom one is dependent for one's income or livelihood, for example, selfish children who look upon their father only as a meal ticket; or c) something, as an object or ability possessed by a person, that is necessary to that person's livelihood, for example, the radio announcer's voice was his meal ticket. (Source: reference.com)
Meal ticket(飯票)可指在指定餐館就餐的餐票,以此種方式就餐通??梢韵硎苷劭?;或者指某人收入或生活的主要來源,如,自私的孩子們只是把自己的父親當(dāng)成了飯票;或指某人賴以生存的一個物品或一項技能,比如,電臺播音員的聲音就是他的飯票。
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