ph.

1. 使…的供应持久；节约使用
If you eke out something, you make your supply of it last as long as possible.

1. obtain with difficulty

e.g. He eked out some information from the archives

Synonym: squeeze out

2. make by laborious and precarious means

e.g. He eked out a living as a painter

Synonym: squeeze out

3. supplement what is thought to be deficient

e.g. He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
Braque eked out his collages with charcoal

Synonym: fill out

4. live from day to day, as with some hardship

e.g. He eked out his years in great poverty