meal ticket

英 [ˈmiːl tɪkɪt]

美 [ˈmiːl tɪkɪt]

n.  被视为金钱和食物来源的人(或物); 饭票; 餐券

牛津词典

noun

• 被视为金钱和食物来源的人（或物）
  a person or thing that you see only as a source of money and food
  1. He suspected that he was just a meal ticket for her.
     他感到对她来说自己不过是一张餐券。
• 饭票；餐券
  a card or ticket that gives you the right to have a cheap or free meal, for example at school

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 提供生活来源的人;赖以为生的手段
  If you say that something or someone isa meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have.
  1. His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life...
     他选的这一行是不可能赖以为生的。
  2. I don't intend to be a meal-ticket for anyone.
     我无意供养任何人。

英英释义

noun

• coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal
  Synonym:luncheon voucher
• a source of income or livelihood

双语例句

• His rich wife is his meal ticket.
  他靠他有钱的太太生活。
• I can't leave bob. he's my meal ticket.
  我离不开鲍勃。我完全靠他过日子了。
• Singing is joe's meal ticket.
  唱歌是乔赖以为生的手段。
• A radio announcer's voice is his meal ticket.
  电台播音员的嗓子就是他的饭碗。
• He gave me a meal ticket this noon.
  今天中午他给了我一张餐券。
• She ia a selfish woman who looks upon her husband only as a meal ticket.
  她是个自私的女人，她把她丈夫当作是饭票。
• With a meal included in the cost of the ticket, it all adds up to a really good evening's entertainment.
  入场券的钱里还包括了一顿饭，总起说来，这个晚上的招待算是不错了。
• Now why would I kill my meal ticket, detective?
  那么我为什么要杀了我的饭票，探员先生？
• He meant to ask for a meal ticket, but the seemingly proper moment never came, and he decided to pay himself that night.
  他本想要一张餐券，但是好像一直都没有合适的机会，他就决定这一晚上自己付了。
• I don't enjoy the job but it's my meal ticket for the moment.
  我不喜欢这份工作，但暂时需赖其度日。