Meal ticket
n. <美>餐券; 饭票; <俚>提供生活来源的人; 赖以为生的工作（或工具、技能等）
🧩 词语组成解析
meal
[mil]
n. 餐，饭;进餐（时间）;〈英〉一次挤奶量;谷物粗粉（用作饲料或加工面粉）;
vi. 进餐;
ticket
['tɪkɪt]
n. 票，入场券;标签;传票，交通违规的通知单;<美>候选人名单;
vt. 售票;给…门票;加标签于，指派;对。。开交通违章通知单;
tick+et(表示缩小的名词后缀)→票；入场券；标签
🗣️ 情景例句
Away from the telephones and account books.
远离电话和帐簿。
Some do it for an endless pursuit of profit, and others, for the sake of the well-being of the society.
有人做生意是为了无止境的追求利润，有的人是为了社会的繁荣。
They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。