PHRASE If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money. 勉强维持生计
That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides.
那迫使农民要靠在陡峭的山坡上来勉强维持生计。
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。
Finally she eked out "Choking."
终于她竭力喊出：“哽住了！”
Over the past six months the United States has eked out annualised growth of merely 0.8%.
在过去的6个月，美国已经弥补了年增长只有0.8%。
It's possible, the critics argue, that the bacteria eked out a living on that scarce supply.
有批评文章指出，这是有可能的，它使得供给匮乏时细菌得以勉强存活。
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