eke out

英 [iːk aʊt]

美 [iːk aʊt]

使（某物）供应持久; 节约使用

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使…的供应持久；节约使用
  If youeke outsomething, you make your supply of it last as long as possible.
  1. Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.
     很多工人手头的遣散费仅够维持10个星期左右。

英英释义

verb

• obtain with difficulty
  1. He eked out some information from the archives
  Synonym:squeeze out
• make by laborious and precarious means
  1. He eked out a living as a painter
  Synonym:squeeze out
• supplement what is thought to be deficient
  1. He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
  2. Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
  Synonym:fill out
• live from day to day, as with some hardship
  1. He eked out his years in great poverty

双语例句

• They eke out a bare existence on his low salary.
  他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强口。
• The three dollars he received for the triolets he used to eke out a precarious existence against the arrival of the WHITE MOUSE check.
  他拿三篇小三重奏的三块钱凑合着应付到了《白鼠》的支票到达。
• Eke out a living at an extremely low economic level I have borne great poverty myself.
  勉强过着极为贫困的生活我本人已经为极度的贫困所拖累。
• Other quants have looked at improving their trading techniques to squeeze extra performance from their models, while others are examining questions of timing in switching to eke out returns.
  有些量化基金在考虑改善其交易技术，从自身模型中挤出额外的业绩，而其它量化基金则在考察转向其它技术以维持回报的时机问题。
• Relax the muscles in your jaw, forehead, and lips to keep cool, then eke out a grin.
  放松下巴、前额和嘴唇的肌肉来保持沉着冷静、然后龇一龇牙。
• Eventually, the server will eke out a response, and only at that point does your GWT code do the wonderful thing you have planned.
  最后，服务器将竭力维持响应，并且只有在那一刻GWT代码才执行规划的奇妙操作。
• We must try to eke out our water supply.
  我们必须尽量节约用水。
• If I were looking to put this classifier in production, I would make a much deeper examination of the inputs and other settings, trying to eke out every last bit of performance.
  如果要将此分类器投入生产，那么我会更加深入地研究输入和其他设置，以弥补性能的每个方面。
• To eke out her meager pay, Betty turned to writing.
  贝蒂为了弥补微薄的工资收入，搞起写作来。
• Migrants send home cash that helps eke out low village incomes.
  流动劳工往家里汇款，以弥补低下的农村收入。