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breadwinner [ˈbredˌwınə] N

breadwinner

养家糊口的人 yǎngjiā húkǒu de rén

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But neither helps the victim much if it puts a family breadwinner in prison while the fine drains away housekeeping money. www.usatoday.com

The court's ruling challenged the traditional male breadwinner/female homemaker model in terms of allocating government benefits. en.wikipedia.org

Being the breadwinner of the family, she has to double her effort to meet their daily needs. en.wikipedia.org

By being active in enterprise, men fulfilled their duty as breadwinners in the sense that they had to provide for their families. en.wikipedia.org

He also learned that the policies of poorly paid breadwinners were canceled when they missed a payment, due to little-understood clauses within the policy. en.wikipedia.org

Both professional childminding and housekeeping are expensive services and it makes sense to insure the housewife's, or househusband's, life at similar levels to the breadwinner's. www.northernstar.com.au

It was supposed to be a temporary arrangement, but his wife died and became the sole breadwinner. en.wikipedia.org

Her father died at age 16 and since then she has taken over as the breadwinner in her family. en.wikipedia.org

He interprets it as a sign that she will be the main breadwinner. en.wikipedia.org

These men do not give up their entire role of breadwinner; yet earn less than their migrant wives. en.wikipedia.org

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