Verb:
-
Contrive to make a living or to support (an existence) by makeshifts.
- 1. They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
- 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.
- 很多工人手头的遣散费仅够维持10个星期左右。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides .
- 那迫使农民们努力在陡峭的山坡上勉强维持生计。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They eke out a bare existence ( ie They scarcely manage ) on his low salary.
- 他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强口.
来自辞典例句
- 5. They had to eke out a livinga tiny income.
- 他们不得不靠微薄收入勉强度日.
来自互联网
- In old China workers and peasants could hardly eke out a living, let alone send their children to school.
在旧中国，工人农民连生活都难以维持，更谈不上送子女上学了。
- They eke out a bare existence (ie They scarcely manage) on his low salary.
他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强 口。
