ph.

1. She eked out her small income by washing clothes for other people.
她替人洗衣以贴补微薄的收入。

1. 弥补不足：ekahafnium 元素104 | eke out 弥补不足 | eke 补充

2. 使能持久,竭力维持：eke vt.增加;放长 | eke out 使能持久,竭力维持 | elastic a.弹性的,有伸缩性的 n.橡皮圈

3. 竭尽维持生计：come up with (针对问题 挑战)提出 | eke out 竭尽维持生计 | subsistence level 勉强糊口的生活水平

4. 竭力维持(生计等)：1206ejectv. 逐放,放逐,驱逐 | 1207eke out竭力维持(生计等) | 1209elapsev. 逝去,过去

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.

e.g. 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。

verb

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