eke out

听听怎么读

英 [i:k aut]

美 [ik aʊt]

是什么意思

弥补…的不足，竭力维持；

英英释义

eke out

v.
- supplement what is thought to be deficient
  同义词：fill out
- live from day to day, as with some hardship
- make by laborious and precarious means
  同义词：squeeze out
- obtain with difficulty
  同义词：squeeze out

学习怎么用

双语例句

He eked out a living as a painter.
他作为一个画家竭力维持自己的生活。
Still in the red, the divorced mother ekes out a living by taking on several moonlighting.
那失婚母亲负债累累，只得身兼多职，竭力维持生计。
As for equivocations, or oraculous speeches,they cannot hold out long.
至于模棱两可，含糊其辞的话，那是不能持久的。

权威例句

MAJOR DRUG FIRMS EKE OUT INCREASES
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TO EKE OUT A MARGINAL EXISTENCE: ECONOMICS IN BUSINESS SCHOOLS *
Design firms eke out profit even as global markets gyrate
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‘To eke out the vocabulary of old age’ : literary representations of ageing in transitional and post-transitional South Africa
Biz of Acq -- Assessing Legal Collections: Trying to Eke Out a Method From the Madness
We can't live in a camp: After fleeing violence at home, Syrian refugees struggle to eke out a new life in Jordan