The breadline
01
贫困线, 生存线
an informal threshold of income that marks the level at which a person or household is regarded as very poor or barely able to afford basic necessities
Idiom
例子
Charities warned that cuts to benefits would push more seniors down onto the breadline.
慈善机构警告说，削减福利将使更多老年人陷入贫困线以下。
Economists argued that the official measure underestimated the number of households actually on the breadline.
经济学家认为，官方衡量标准低估了实际处于贫困线的家庭数量。
02
领食物的队伍, 救济食品发放队
a line of people waiting to receive free food or other emergency relief distributed by a charity, agency, or community group
例子
Volunteers handed out sandwiches to those standing in the breadline outside the community center.
志愿者们向社区中心外排队领救济餐的人们分发了三明治。
During the weeks after the factory closed, the breadline at the church grew longer each morning.
在工厂关闭后的几周里，教堂的施食队伍每天早上都在变长。
