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单词 meal ticket
释义
meal ticket
noun
uk
/ˈmɪəl ˌtɪk.ɪt/us
/ˈmɪəl ˌtɪk.ɪt/

meal ticketnoun(FOOD)

[C]US
atypeofticketthat you canexchangefor ameal
午餐券，午餐票
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luncheon voucher
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Payment methods
  • anti-kickback
  • ATM card
  • automatic withdrawal
  • bad cheque
  • baksheesh
  • cashback
  • chip
  • commission
  • legal tender
  • liquefy
  • liquid
  • loyalty card
  • monometallic
  • non-cash
  • non-monetary
  • non-money
  • non-paying
  • per calendar month
  • pocket
  • whip-round
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meal ticketnoun(MONEY)

[Cusually singular]
someone or something that you use as a way of gettingregularamountsofmoney:
定期提供钱款的人；赖以赚钱的事物
Gone are thedayswhen auniversitydegreewas amealticketforlife.大学文凭就是一张终生饭票的日子一去不复返了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Earning money
  • (your)(daily) breadidiom
  • assessable
  • bank
  • base pay
  • basic
  • basic income
  • benefits package
  • feel the pinchidiom
  • hand over fistidiom
  • lineyourpocket(s)idiom
  • livelihood
  • pay packet
  • paycheck
  • pull
  • pullsomethingdown
  • rakesomethingin
  • remonetize
  • remuneration
  • shift
  • sick pay
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(Definition ofmeal ticketfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

meal ticket| American Dictionary

meal ticket
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/ˈmil ˌtɪk·ɪt/
someone or something thatprovidesyou with themoneyyou need tolive:
Therolehas been agenerousmeal ticket for theactress.
(Definition ofmeal ticketfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeal ticket

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I do not believe in the "mealticketfor life" theory, even if women get maintenance.
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All too often it means that he clings pathetically to the desk or the bench which he occupies as themealticketfor his future.
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Themealticketfor life seems to be a myth.
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The assumption behind it is that we must stamp out the "alimony drone"and end the"mealticketfor life".
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It touches all of us: it is themealticketfor so many in society.
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Labour would rapidly become not just the prisoner's friend, but the barrister'smealticket.
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In every school surveyed, the average spend was higher than the value of a free schoolmealticket.
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The phrase that was going around at that time was that marriage should not provide amealticketfor life.
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The value of a schoolmealticketvaries considerably between local authorities; in some cases, it can be as low as 90p.
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To be in employment is to have amealticketin our society.
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It is this which has led to the most anomalous of decisions and given rise to the legitimate element in the "mealticketfor life" complaint.
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We are not seeking charity or amealticketfor life; we are asking for assistance now so that we can work out our own destiny.
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Through that study we shall be able to gather a multitude of contextual information that was not previously available, such as the purchasing power of a free schoolmealticket.
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It is hismealticket.
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When we compare those figures with the paltry levels of maintenance, we can see that if someone has to depend upon average maintenance it is nomealticketfor life.
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