eke

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eke /i?k/ (eking,eked,ekes)

1. PHRASE If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money. 勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)
That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides. 那迫使農(nóng)民要靠在陡峭的山坡上來勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)。
He was eking out an existence on a few dollars a day. 他靠一天幾美元勉強(qiáng)維持著生計(jì)。