原文：回家變賣典當，父親還了虧空；又借錢辦了喪事。這些日子，家中光景很是慘淡，壹半為了喪事，壹半為了父親的賦閑。
譯文：After arriving home in Yangzhou
father paid off debts by selling or pawning things. He also borrowed money to meet the funeral expenses . Beeen grandma’s funeral and father’s unemployment
our family was then in reduced circumstances.
支付喪葬費譯為to meet the funeral expenses。meet在這裏應為“應付（困難等）”的意思。
這裏我重點給大家介紹meet的妙用：
meet和meet with在運用時下面幾點該註意：
a. 說“遇到（迎面而來的人）”，“迎接（人）”，“跟（人）結識”，“跟（人）會談”或“與（人）對抗”，用meet。例如：
I often meet him in this street.
I shall meet him at the station.
I was fortunate enough to meet him at dinner.
The owners were ready to meet the miners.
John came out to meet Henry in the duel.
b. 說“偶然遇到（人）”用meet或meet with都可以，說“偶然遇到（物）”用meet with，說“（在閱讀的時候）偶然遇到（詞或語句）”用meet或meet with都可以。例如：
I often meet (with) him in the library.
I sometimes meet with such fish in the market.
I seldom meet (with) this idiom in literary works.
c. 說“應付（困難等）”用meet。例如：
I shall do my best to meet this misfortune.
d. 說“遭遇（困難等）”用meet with。例如：
I met with this misfortune on the way.
e. 說“得到（贊成等）”通常用meet with，有時用meet。例如：
My book met (with) a warm reception.
f. 說“滿足（要求、希望等）”用meet。例如：
This will meet the market’s demands.
g. 說“償（債）”、“踐（約）”等用meet。例如：
Jack always meets his obligations.
怎麽樣，就連meet這麽壹個太常見太普通的小詞，也有各種用法哦。