Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.
有些人可能极不善于理财，因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
I spent years on the dole trying to get bands together and I never worried about money then.
我多年靠救济金过活，一直在努力组建乐队，那时，我从不为钱发愁。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Even with efficient budgeting, most students are unable to live on £4,000 per year.
就算是精打细算，绝大多数学生也无法每年只靠4,000英镑过活。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
He wondered how all these other lodging-house people around him got along.
他想知道他周围这些住在寄宿处的其他人都是怎么过活的.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
On his release , he drifted about from place to place, begging.
他从此四处流浪, 靠讨饭过活.
汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
大约有1000名居民留了下来，靠存款，政府福利以及自己种的食物过活，这些食物包括：大蕉，水稻，大豆，柚子。
互联网摘选
On these fifteen hundred francs these two old women and the old man subsisted.
两个老妇人和老头儿都在那一千五百法郎里过活.
互联网摘选
