单词	breadwinner
释义	breadwinnerbread‧win‧ner /ˈbredˌwɪnə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But when it comes to earning an income, a large percentage still expects the father to be primary breadwinner. Its restaurant at the winery has become a $ 5 million annual breadwinner. Sure, her management team would be left without a breadwinner. There's another kind of breadwinner - women on their own with no regrets. Traditionally, of course, the man is the breadwinner who enhances his desirability by demonstrating his earning prowess. Two women, both family breadwinners, found the union of help in fighting for the right to be considered for promotion. Women became breadwinners while their husbands and sons went off to fight. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who earns money► the breadwinner the person in a family who earns most of the money that the family needs: · Many people still expect the man to be the breadwinner. ► wage-earner someone who has a job and earns wages: · Jim is the family's main wage earner.· Families without wage-earners must seek relief from government social security programs. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► male · For example, if the male breadwinner is unemployed, more of the domestic tasks may fall to him.· The most serious risk which faced them was that to their involuntarily parasitic women-folk - the unexpected death of the male breadwinner. the member of a family who earns the money to support the others
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