单词eke out
na.: 弥补不足；辛辛苦苦维持(生活)；节省地消费
网络: 竭力维持；使能持久；辛苦经营
弥补
v.spin outdraw outdrag outstretchsupplement
v.squanderdiminish
One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog.
一天，当设法维持生活为他的家庭时，他听见了求救来自附近的沼泽的。
Given the circumstances, what sort of arguments can the French right put forward to eke out a victory?
基于目前形势，法国右翼能提出何种说辞来增加他们的胜算呢？
Eventually, his parents had to invest more money to help their only son eke out a meager living by running his own electronics store.
最终，王建海的父母不得不再次掏腰包资助儿子开了家电器商店，勉强维持生计。
It would often be better, she thinks, not to try so hard to eke out a few more hours or weeks but to concentrate on quality of life.
她认为很多情况下，竭尽全力使病人多活区区几小时或几周不如将精力花在提高他们的生活质量上。
The three dollars he received for the triolets he used to eke out a precarious existence against the arrival of the WHITE MOUSE check.
他拿三篇小三重奏的三块钱凑合着应付到了《白鼠》的支票到达。
at worst, they are a sign that employees have spent too much time trying to eke out improvements in the wrong areas.
在最坏的情况下，他们是一个迹象，表明员工已经花费太多时间试图谋生改进错误的领域。
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。
The empress dowager managed to eke out her life of souvenir in her palace.
皇太后在皇宫里设法靠回忆往昔来度过时光。
In the surrounding countryside, farmers eke out a living growing a variety of crops, mostly rice and peanuts.
在拥挤的乡村，农民为了生存会种上一点庄稼，大多数是大米和花生。
He asked about the present condition and I tried to eke out the little knowledge I had collected.
他问起目前情况，我把我所收集的一些材料尽量告诉了他。