eke

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.
很多工人手頭的遣散費(fèi)僅夠維持10個(gè)星期左右。
That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides .
那迫使農(nóng)民們努力在陡峭的山坡上勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)。
They eke out a bare existence ( ie They scarcely manage ) on his low salary.
他們靠他微薄的薪金勉強(qiáng)口.
Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.
很多工人手頭的遣散費(fèi)僅夠維持10個(gè)星期左右。
That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides .
那迫使農(nóng)民們努力在陡峭的山坡上勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)。

If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.