eke out

英 [iːk aʊt]

美 [iːk aʊt]

使（某物）供应持久; 节约使用

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使…的供应持久；节约使用
  If youeke outsomething, you make your supply of it last as long as possible.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• obtain with difficulty
  1. He eked out some information from the archives
  Synonym:squeeze out
• make by laborious and precarious means
  1. He eked out a living as a painter
  Synonym:squeeze out
• supplement what is thought to be deficient
  1. He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
  2. Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
  Synonym:fill out
• live from day to day, as with some hardship
  1. He eked out his years in great poverty

双语例句

• If I were looking to put this classifier in production, I would make a much deeper examination of the inputs and other settings, trying to eke out every last bit of performance.
  如果要将此分类器投入生产，那么我会更加深入地研究输入和其他设置，以弥补性能的每个方面。
• The crew started to eke out there scanty supply of fresh water.
  船员们开始节约使用储量不多的淡水。
• They forged a sense of commonality in their collective effort to eke out a living and to mould a feeling of community and identity.
  但是，他们有一个共同的认识&努力求存和建立社区精神及认同感。
• 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。
• Even in China's richest city, huge numbers of people eke out a very modest existence.
  在这个中国最富裕的城市，还是有很多人勉强维生。
• Eke out a living at an extremely low economic level.
  勉强过着极为贫困的生活。
• They eke out a bare existence on his low salary.
  他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强口。
• Biotech companies insist they don't want to hamper farmers in developing countries who are struggling to eke out a living, nor do they want to take food out of the mouths of hungry people.
  生物技术公司坚持认为他们不想束缚发展中国家正在为生计而挣扎的农民，也不想把食物从饥饿的人们口中夺走。
• Families struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
  在这种艰难的环境中每家每户都在为维持生计而挣扎。
• We must try to eke out our water supply.
  我们必须尽量节约用水。