eke

英 [iːk] 美 [iːk]

• vt. 竭力增补；勉强维持；竭力维持

英英释义

Verb:

1. Contrive to make a living or to support (an existence) by makeshifts.

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

词汇搭配

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