音标:[i:ks] ;
v. (靠节省用量)使…的供应持久( eke的第三人称单数 ); 节约使用; 竭力维持生计; 勉强度日

eke的用法和样例:

例句

  1. In old China workers and peasants could hardly eke out a living, let alone send their children to school.在旧中国,工人农民连生活都难以维持,更谈不上送子女上学了。
  2. They eke out a bare existence (ie They scarcely manage) on his low salary.他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强 口。

词汇搭配

  • eke out竭力维持
  • eke out a living勉强维持生活...

经典引文

  • His German was easy to understand and he knew a little English with which to eke it out.

    出自:J. K. Jerome
  • Spending a little love at a time, eking it out here and there, on this man and that.

    出自:G. Greene
  • Bookshops..eke out their turnover with stationery.

    出自:A. Blond

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