1·She managed to eke out her student loan till the end of the year.
她想方设法节约用钱使学生贷款维持到了年底。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·They are a team that always seemed to eke out victory when the going got tough.
看起来他们总是一个能在困难中艰难取胜的团队。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·We must try to eke out our water supply.
我们必须尽量节约用水。
4·They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。
5·But he harbors doubts about stocks' ability to eke out gains past 2010.
但他对股市在2010年后继续维持上涨的能力持怀疑态度。
6·Families eke out a living by growing what food they can and by fishing.
人们能在地上种点什么，就种点什么，加上打渔，勉强能维持生活。
7·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。
8·This excludes the subsistence farms where 4m black families eke out a living.
这不包括400万黑人家庭赖以维持生计的农场。
9·His defense during the final match was superb, allowing him to eke out a draw.
决赛中的出色防守使他保住了平局。
10·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。