eke out

英[iːkaʊt] 美[iːkaʊt]
  • 竭力维持；使能持久
  • eke vt.竭力增补；勉强维持；竭力维持
  • out adv.出；在外；完prep.向外；在外面v.出来；暴露；驱逐；熄灭；伸出；公开…的同性恋身份

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Verb:
  1. supplement what is thought to be deficient;

    "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"
    "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"

  2. live from day to day, as with some hardship;

    "He eked out his years in great poverty"

  3. make by laborious and precarious means;

    "He eked out a living as a painter"

  4. obtain with difficulty;

    "He eked out some information from the archives"

双语例句

    1. He eked out a living as a painter.
      他作为一个画家竭力维持自己的生活。
    2. 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。
    3. 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。

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