| 1. | She proposed to earn her living honestly .
她打算要光明磊落自食其力。 |
| 2. | It is time you stood on your own two feet .
是你自食其力的时候了。 |
| 3. | I ached to be of an age to take care of myself .
我巴望能到自食其力的年龄。 |
| 4. | They live respectably from hand to mouth .
他们过着可尊敬的，自食其力的生活。 |
| 5. | I've paid my own way .
我能够自食其力。 |
| 6. | The boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living .
这孩子已经（到了）成年，应该自食其力了。 |
| 7. | He wasn't going to overdo it, but those two boys were going to earn their salt .
他不想做得太过分，可是这两个男孩以后得自食其力。 |
| 8. | When they were grown and able to do for themselves, he joined the athenian army .
当他们长大成人，能自食其力时，他参加了雅典军队。 |
| 9. | The place of our retreat was in a little neighbourhood consisting of farmers, who tilled their own grounds .
我们退隐的地方，邻近都是自食其力的种田人家。 |
| 10. | He represented himself as a hard-working, self-made small businessman victimized by mindless, bullying bureaucracy .
他把自己说成是一个勤勤恳恳、自食其力的小商人，深受冷酷无情、扶强欺弱的官僚机构所害。 |
