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89
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82
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53
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6
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126
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31
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59
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Encyclopedia
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22
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coralloid
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time
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57
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57
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swap stories
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method
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94
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IELTS
BNC: 32812
COCA: 22838
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
eke
eke
/
iːk
/
verb
→
eek
1
eke
something ↔
out
phrasal verb
phr v
a)
SURVIVE
eke out a living/existence
to
manage
to live with very little money or food
勉强度日,竭力维持生计
They eke out a miserable existence in cardboard shacks.
他们在纸板棚屋中凄惨度日。
b)
LONG TIME
to make a small
supply
of something such as food or money last longer by carefully using small amounts of it
精打细算地维持;尽量节省使用
How did she manage to eke out the food?
她是怎样想方设法节省食物的呢?
Examples from the Corpus
eke out a living/existence
•
Cliff's family worked in the
cotton
fields
to
eke out a meager living
.
•
Finally came the
bookshop
where
dear
Mr Sneddles tried to
eke out a living
.
•
Most of them
eke out a living
as
subsistence
farmers
.
•
She continued to
eke out a living
based on the
fading
memories
of her
famous
plunge
.
•
Most people still live in the
hinterlands
of the
inhabited
islands
eking out a living
, but
poverty
abounds
.
•
Again, the
choice
was between following the work to the
factory
towns or
eking out an existence
by
labouring
.
•
The
river
banks were frequently lined with
curious
onlookers
who
struggle
to
eke out an existence
in this
harsh
environment
.
•
I was
tired
of
eking out an existence
near poverty level on my meager assistantship.
•
The
elderly
eke out a living
on
pensions
averaging
from $ 50 to $ 75
monthly
.
Examples from the Corpus
eke
•
Most of them
eke
out a living as
subsistence
farmers
.
•
She continued to
eke
out a living based on the
fading
memories
of her
famous
plunge
.
•
Most people still live in the
hinterlands
of the
inhabited
islands
eking
out a living, but
poverty
abounds
.
•
Finally came the
bookshop
where
dear
Mr Sneddles tried to
eke
out a living.
•
Few had any special
skills
; they worked as
casual
laborers
,
eking
out a
marginal
existence
, often
reduced
to
begging
.
•
Again, the
choice
was between following the work to the
factory
towns or
eking
out an existence by
labouring
.
•
I was
tired
of
eking
out an existence
near
poverty level on my meager assistantship.
•
But I
restrained
the
impulse
, for it is as well to
eke
out such
tokens
of our
goodwill
as we
possess
.
Origin
eke
Old English
iecan
,
ecan
“
to increase
”
eke
verb
Chinese
Corpus
IELTS
BNC: 32812
COCA: 22838
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
IELTS
BNC: 32812
COCA: 22838
Oxford Learner's Thesaurus
IELTS
BNC: 32812
COCA: 22838
Macmillan English Thesaurus
eke
To have just enough money:
afford,
eke out
, subsist...
To make something continue or last longer:
draw out
,
drag out
,
spin out
...
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