meal ticket
柯林斯詞典
1. N-SING If you say that something or someone is a meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have. 飯票; 提供生活來(lái)源的人或物[usu 'a' N]
His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life. 他選的這一行儅是不可能賴以爲(wèi)生的。
I don't intend to be a meal ticket for anyone. 我不想給任何人儅飯票。
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meal ticket
劍橋詞典
meal ticket noun (FOOD)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] USa type of ticket that you can exchange for a meal
午餐券,午餐票
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luncheon voucher
meal ticket noun (MONEY)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有複數(shù)形式的名詞 通常作爲(wèi)單數(shù)使用的名詞 ]someone or something that you use as a way of getting regular amounts of money
定期提供錢款的人;賴以賺錢的事物
Gone are the days when a university degree was a meal ticket for life . 大學(xué)文憑就是一張終生飯票的日子一去不複返了。 返回 meal ticket