eke

eke

英 [iːk]
　　美 [ik]

vt. 竭力增補；勉強維持；竭力維持

中文詞源：

eke 節約使用

來自PIE*aug, 增加，詞源同augment.

例句：

1. They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
他們靠在垃圾場撿垃圾維持著朝不保夕的生活.

2. Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.
很多工人手頭的遣散費僅夠維持10個星期左右。

3. That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides .
那迫使農民們努力在陡峭的山坡上勉強維持生計。

4. They eke out a bare existence ( ie They scarcely manage ) on his low salary.
他們靠他微薄的薪金勉強口.

5. They had to eke out a livinga tiny income.
他們不得不靠微薄收入勉強度日.