living expenses

基本解释

When father lost his job, our living expenses had to be cut to the bone.
父亲失业后，我们不得不把生活费用减低到最低限度。
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Which brings us to the sticky question of whether you should give your friend money to help out with living expenses.
这就又回到了那个敏感的话题，是否应该给失业的朋友金钱援助，帮他分担生活费用。
This included tuition, additional costs for books and supplies, moving costs, accommodation in Singapore and general living expenses.
这包括学费、书本和其它物品费用、搬家成本、新加坡的住房和一般生活费用。

To pay for his living expenses, he has sold his beloved single-engine Cessna 210 plane and his car.
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He lost his job and began burning through his savings to meet his living expenses.
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