opportunity to earn a living

基本解释

The potential to earn a very good living operating a business only part of the year is a genuine opportunity, as proven by the thousands of people who are currently doing it.
仅在一年中的部分时间里运作业务来赚取一个美好生活真的是个潜在的机会。上千个正在这么做的人证明了这点。

The undocumenteds I have known came to this country for one reason: an opportunity to earn a living.
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Their answer —like much of the fast food industry—is to simply cut back on the hours its employees are permitted to work, denying employees not only reasonable health care benefits but the opportunity to earn a living.
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