Many people without jobs are living on the breadline .

很多没工作的人生活十分贫苦。

Matthew worked in father 's dye factory , fortunate to have a job when most of the rest of the town stood on the breadline .

马修在父亲的染厂工作，镇上多数人都在排队领救济，他很幸运还有份工作。

Otherwise , even a return to brisk economic growth ( something that scarcely looks likely right now ) will not be enough to rescue them from the breadline .

否则，就算迅猛的经济增长（现在看起来不大可能）也不足以将他们从贫困线上解救出来。

I thought of matthew 's mangled words , toby 's pocked cheeks , and the hungry people in the breadline waiting for loaves like soft round wishes .

我想着马修残缺不全的话语，托比那布满痘痕的脸颊，还有饥饿的人们排队等待救济面包就像等待一个个柔软的、圆圆的希望。

Now , though many-perhaps most-zimbabweans are still on the breadline and 80 % have no jobs , at least those in work can predict their income .

现在，即便很多，也许是大多数津巴布韦人仍旧在排队领面包，80%的人没有工作，但是至少那些有工作的能预见自己的收入。