通过和朋友及亲戚借债,他勉强度日.用英语怎么说？

通过和朋友及亲戚借债,他勉强度日.

Borrowing money from friends and relatives helped him to scrape by.

borrowing

n. 借款，贷款，借用的言语（或思想等）；v. 借，借入（borrow的现在分词）；

例句
They are borrowing just to stay afloat, not for investment.
他们借钱只为了周转，而不是投资。

money

n. 钱，财富，薪水，款项；

例句
He has spent money with gay abandon...
他肆意挥霍钱财。

from

prep. （表示时间）从…，（表示原因）因为，（表示来源）来自…，（表示分离）与…分离[隔开]；

例句
...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试

friends

n. 朋友( friend的名词复数 )，资助者，同胞，指做傻事或烦人的事而说话者不认识的人；

例句
Old enemies can become new friends even if all their national interests are not in complete accord.
即使国家利益不尽相同，他们也可以化敌为友。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

relatives

n. 亲属( relative的名词复数 )，相关物，亲缘植物（或动物），[语法学]关系词；

例句
After both their parents died, one of their father's relatives carted off the entire contents of the house...
他们父母都去世后,父亲这边的一个亲戚把他们家里的东西全都拉走了。

helped

v. 帮助( help的过去式和过去分词 )，有助于，有利于，治疗，避免；

例句
The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen...
编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。

him

pron. (he的宾格)他；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

scrape

vt. 擦，刮，擦去，擦伤，刮破，挖空；vi. 刮，擦，搔，抓，掏，发出刺耳的声音；n. 擦，刮，刮痕，刮擦声，刮胡子，修面；

例句
He almost manages to scrape a living as an artist.
他靠当艺术家来勉强混口饭吃。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品