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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• obtain with difficulty
  1. He eked out some information from the archives
  Synonym:squeeze out
• make by laborious and precarious means
  1. He eked out a living as a painter
  Synonym:squeeze out
• supplement what is thought to be deficient
  1. He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
  2. Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
  Synonym:fill out
• live from day to day, as with some hardship
  1. He eked out his years in great poverty

双语例句

• 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。
• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
  他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。
• 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。
• The crew started to eke out there scanty supply of fresh water.
  船员们开始节约使用储量不多的淡水。
• To regain competitiveness quickly, rather than eke out adjustment over a decade or more, wages need to fall.
  一国要想快速恢复竞争力、而非在十年甚至更长的调整期里勉强度日，工资水平就必须下降。
• Eventually, the server will eke out a response, and only at that point does your GWT code do the wonderful thing you have planned.
  最后，服务器将竭力维持响应，并且只有在那一刻GWT代码才执行规划的奇妙操作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。