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eke out

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是什么意思
  • v.

    弥补…的不足,竭力维持;

  • 英英释义

    eke out

    • v.
      • supplement what is thought to be deficient

        同义词:fill out

      • live from day to day, as with some hardship
      • make by laborious and precarious means

        同义词:squeeze out

      • obtain with difficulty

        同义词:squeeze out

    学习怎么用

    双语例句

    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。

    权威例句

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