参考词典中eke out的常规释义:
基本释义
- v.弥补...的不足,竭力维持
参考例句
- He eked out his wages by working evenings and Sundays.
他在夜间和星期日工作以补贴工资的不足。
- He eked out his wages by working evenings and Sundays.
英英解释
4个动词解释
- supplement what is thought to be deficient
[同] eke out, fill out
[例]- He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
- Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
- live from day to day, as with some hardship
[例]- He eked out his years in great poverty
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- make by laborious and precarious means
[同] eke out, squeeze out
[例]- He eked out a living as a painter
- obtain with difficulty
[同] eke out, squeeze out
[例]- He eked out some information from the archives
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