万花筒 2013-06-02&06-04 40%家庭中女性成为经济支柱

 Interesting story out today met by pew, a study that says that more American moms are bringing home the bacon, an interesting change or twist in the economy or this is expected all along.

Well it’s like one of those societal trends, there are more single moms than ever before, therefore if you are the single mom and sole¹ bread winner earned in the household, you will take the title, so in 40% of homes now a woman is the primary earner, but the primary cause of that is single motherhood, it’s not a huge increase in hourly earnings² or whatever for women, it is something more you know more esoteric.

1 sole   

adj.惟一的；独一无二的，专用的；独占的

参考例句：

• She is my sole trust.她是我惟一信赖的人。
• My sole purpose is to help you.我唯一的目的是帮助你。

2 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。