They eked out their coal by collecting firewood.
他们拣拾木柴以补充煤的不足。
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。
For a while, she eked out enough to pay for her language course by cleaning lavatories in railway stations.
有一段时间，她清扫火车站的卫生间，所得勉强够维持其语言课程费用。
The S&P/ASX 200 index of Australian shares eked out a gain of 23.6 points, or 0.6%, to 3, 755.2 in early trading.
澳大利亚S&P/ASX 200指数早盘小幅逆势上涨23.6点，涨幅0.6%，到3755.2点。
She is from a poor family of casual labourers and eked out a life as a housemaid and toilet cleaner before working her way up to a marketing job.
她出身自一个做零工的贫穷家庭，起初做女佣和厕所保洁员来维持生计，后来靠自己的努力升到得到一份市场营销的工作。
Fred eked out a bare living by farming.
弗雷德靠种田勉强度日。
She eked out her wages by working Sundays.
她星期天工作以增加她的收入。
They eked out the oil stores by strict rationing.
他们采取严格的配给措施以延长储油的使用时间。
He eked out his salary by doing odd jobs in the neighbourhood.
他替邻近的人家打打杂，以弥补薪金的不足。
She eked out her small income by washing clothes for other people.
她靠给别人洗衣服弥补薪水的不足。
As such, the Mimbanites eked out a living by begging and scavenging scraps from garbage heaps.
因此，他们乞讨为生，在垃圾堆里挑捡废品。
Luckily for Kant, he was a popular lecturer and also an industrious one and so he eked out a meager living.
幸运的是，康德是个非常受欢迎的讲师，而且工作勤奋刻苦。所以，他还勉强维持自己的生计。
It was not an easy transplantation, but he and his family eked out enough of a living not only for their survival, but even for their basic contentment.
这次迁居并不是轻而易举的，但他们全家含辛茹苦，终于不但维持了生计，而且还能满足生活中的基本享受。
Most galling to many Mavericks fans is that Golden State eked into the playoffs with 42 wins and is coached by Mr. Johnson's predecessor, 66-year-old Don Nelson.
最让很多小牛球迷烦恼的是，以42胜搭上季后赛末班车的勇士的教练是Johnson先生的前任、66岁的Don Nelson。
Most galling to many Mavericks fans is that Golden State eked into the playoffs with 42 wins and is coached by Mr. Johnson's predecessor, 66-year-old Don Nelson.
最让很多小牛球迷烦恼的是，以42胜搭上季后赛末班车的勇士的教练是Johnson先生的前任、66岁的Don Nelson。
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