eke是什么意思？

eke

英[i:k] 美[ik]

• vt. （靠节省用量）使…的供应持久，节约使用，竭力维持生计，勉强度日；

第三人称单数：ekes;

过去式：eked;

过去分词：eked;

现在分词：eking;

例句

• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。
• to eke out a food supply 节省消耗食物贮备
• They had to eke out a livinga tiny income. 他们不得不靠微薄收入勉强度日.
• 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.
• That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides . 那迫使农民们努力在陡峭的山坡上勉强维持生计。
• Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks. 很多工人手头的遣散费仅够维持10个星期左右。
• That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides ... 那迫使农民们努力在陡峭的山坡上勉强维持生计。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PHRASE
  勉强维持生计
  If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
  例句
  That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides ... 那迫使农民们努力在陡峭的山坡上勉强维持生计。 He ekes out a living with a market stall... 他靠摆摊勉强糊口。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  (靠节省用量)使…的供应持久;节约使用
  to eke out a food supply 节省消耗食物贮备 She eked out the stew to make another meal. 她省出一些钝菜再做一顿饭。 They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。