He vamped up some lectures out of old notes. 他用一些旧笔记拼凑成几篇演讲稿。
Halaby hoked up a special ceremony. 哈拉比勉强拼凑了一场庆祝会。
It took Jones more than eight months to scrape up enough money for the rent. 琼斯化了八个多月时间才勉强凑集起足够的钱来付租金。
But if they scratch together the money to do so, it will be impossible to afford earthquake insurance, which is already prohibitively expensive. 但是，如果他们凑集钱财来这样做的话，则无法承担地震保险，那也是极其昂贵的。
