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。
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。
Playing well and learning will make far more difference in the postseason than perhaps eking out a fluky win after playing poorly.
发挥好和学习会比在发挥差的情况下取得一场侥幸的胜利更能在季后赛制造不同。
I looked at those two men who'd worked harder than I've ever had – my father eking out a living on that farm, and my grandfather farming and working as a carpenter during the Depression.
我看着这两个男人，知道他们比我有生以来工作得要更努力——父亲靠那个农场为全家糊口，而爷爷在大萧条期间既开农场又当木匠。
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