eke out
英[iːkaʊt]
美[iːkaʊt]
- 竭力维持；使能持久
详细释义
Verb:
-
supplement what is thought to be deficient;
"He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"
"Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
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live from day to day, as with some hardship;
"He eked out his years in great poverty"
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make by laborious and precarious means;
"He eked out a living as a painter"
-
obtain with difficulty;
"He eked out some information from the archives"
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。
用法讲解
- eke out a living 勉强维持生活...
相关词汇
- squeeze out 榨出
- fill out 填写
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