meal ticket
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈmeal ˌticket noun [countable] 1 informalDEPEND ON/RELY ON something or someone that you depend on to give you money or food 赖以为生的物[人] There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her. 有时他怀疑自己只是她的饭票而已。2 PEWa card that you buy and then use to get meals at school or work, or at a special event 〔学校、工作场所或特别活动中使用的〕饭票，餐券 The meal ticket is $15 and includes three meals with beverages. 餐券为15美元，包括三餐和饮料。
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meal ticket• It's amazing what some men will do for a meal ticket.• There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her.• It only became a moot point because David was a meal ticket for so many people.• For much of Pennington's working life, Shakespeare has been his mission and his meal ticket.• My M.B.A. has not been the meal ticket I had hoped.ˈmeal ˌticket nounChineseSyllable
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meal ticket
ˈmeal ˌticket
noun [countable]
1. informal something or someone that you depend on to give you money or food:
There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her.
2. a card that you buy and then use to get meals at school or work, or at a special event:
The meal ticket is $15 and includes three meals with beverages.
ˈmeal ˌticket
noun [countable]1. informal something or someone that you depend on to give you money or food:
2. a card that you buy and then use to get meals at school or work, or at a special event: