He was eking out an existence on a few dollars a day.

他靠一天几美元勉强维持着生计。

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The miners had survived by eking out two days' rations.

经过两天的定量补给，矿工们幸存了下来。

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Ethiopia still has too many people eking out a living on too little land, depending on rains that can never be relied on.

埃塞俄比亚仅有的一点耕地根本无法养活那么多的人口，完全依靠降雨的农田也因常年干旱而荒芜。

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That Internet medical site is finally eking out a profit, but the irrepressible Arnold, 34, has not slowed down.

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The meeting on Sunday was about as startling as the Philadelphia Eagles actually eking out a win on the same day.

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Four billion people worldwide lie squarely at the bottom of the economic pyramid, eking out a marginal existence of about three dollars per day.

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