eke out

英 [iːk aʊt] 美 [iːk aʊt]

• 竭力维持； 使能持久

eke out的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

英英释义

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"
   

eke out的用法和样例：

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。

词汇搭配

• eke out a living 勉强维持生活...

eke out的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

• squeeze out 榨出
• fill out 填写