eke out
英 [iːk aʊt]
美 [iːk aʊt]
使(某物)供应持久; 节约使用
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 使…的供应持久;节约使用
If youeke outsomething, you make your supply of it last as long as possible.- 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。
- Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.
英英释义
verb
- obtain with difficulty
- He eked out some information from the archives
- make by laborious and precarious means
- He eked out a living as a painter
- supplement what is thought to be deficient
- He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
- Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
- live from day to day, as with some hardship
- He eked out his years in great poverty
双语例句
- Families struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
在这种艰难的环境中每家每户都在为维持生计而挣扎。 - You will soon be faced with some tough choices: do you spend the weekend polishing up your maths skills to eke out another 3 per cent on the GMAT, or do you visit your fourth-choice school.
你很快就将面对几个艰难抉择:是用周末提高数学能力来让GMAT考分增加3%,还是去参观你第四志愿的商学院? - In certain cases, education and enlightenment can serve to eke out evil.
在某种情况下,教育和智力都是可以起济恶的作用的。 - They eke out a bare existence on his low salary.
他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强口。 - To eke out her meager pay, Betty turned to writing.
贝蒂为了弥补微薄的工资收入,搞起写作来。 - His defense during the final match was superb, allowing him to eke out a draw.
决赛中的出色防守使他保住了平局。 - Relax the muscles in your jaw, forehead, and lips to keep cool, then eke out a grin.
放松下巴、前额和嘴唇的肌肉来保持沉着冷静、然后龇一龇牙。 - Biotech companies insist they don't want to hamper farmers in developing countries who are struggling to eke out a living, nor do they want to take food out of the mouths of hungry people.
生物技术公司坚持认为他们不想束缚发展中国家正在为生计而挣扎的农民,也不想把食物从饥饿的人们口中夺走。 - Eventually, his parents had to invest more money to help their only son eke out a meager living by running his own electronics store.
最终,王建海的父母不得不再次掏腰包资助儿子开了家电器商店,勉强维持生计。 - Eke out a living at an extremely low economic level I have borne great poverty myself.
勉强过着极为贫困的生活我本人已经为极度的贫困所拖累。