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One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog.

一天，当设法维持生活为他的家庭时，他听见了求救来自附近的沼泽的。

Given the circumstances, what sort of arguments can the French right put forward to eke out a victory?

基于目前形势，法国右翼能提出何种说辞来增加他们的胜算呢？

Eventually, his parents had to invest more money to help their only son eke out a meager living by running his own electronics store.

最终，王建海的父母不得不再次掏腰包资助儿子开了家电器商店，勉强维持生计。

It would often be better, she thinks, not to try so hard to eke out a few more hours or weeks but to concentrate on quality of life.

她认为很多情况下，竭尽全力使病人多活区区几小时或几周不如将精力花在提高他们的生活质量上。

The three dollars he received for the triolets he used to eke out a precarious existence against the arrival of the WHITE MOUSE check.

他拿三篇小三重奏的三块钱凑合着应付到了《白鼠》的支票到达。

at worst, they are a sign that employees have spent too much time trying to eke out improvements in the wrong areas.

在最坏的情况下，他们是一个迹象，表明员工已经花费太多时间试图谋生改进错误的领域。

They forged a sense of commonality in their collective effort to eke out a living and to mould a feeling of community and identity.

但是，他们有一个共同的认识——努力求存和建立社区精神及认同感。

The empress dowager managed to eke out her life of souvenir in her palace.

皇太后在皇宫里设法靠回忆往昔来度过时光。

In the surrounding countryside, farmers eke out a living growing a variety of crops, mostly rice and peanuts.

在拥挤的乡村，农民为了生存会种上一点庄稼，大多数是大米和花生。

He asked about the present condition and I tried to eke out the little knowledge I had collected.

他问起目前情况，我把我所收集的一些材料尽量告诉了他。

The novel ends with a broken Xiangzi picking up cigarette-ends to eke out a miserable living.

小说末尾，落魄的祥子靠着捡烟头来艰苦维持着悲惨的生活。

Systematically studying on the choice of instruments in policy implementation will eke out the gap in "Policy Implementation Research" .

对政策执行中工具选择的系统研究将会填补“执行研究”的一个空白领域。

Turkey says that as many as 70, 000 illegal Armenian migrant workers, mostly women, eke out a living as servants and nannies in Istanbul.

土耳其称，有数量高达7万的非法亚美尼亚移民工，其中多为妇女，在伊斯坦布尔从事佣人或保姆等职业谋生。

Not only were they worse than statistical models, they could barely eke out a tie with the proverbial dart-throwing chimps.

他们不仅不如统计模型，还几乎勉强与传说中投掷飞镖的黑猩猩打成平手。

I set out one afternoon to go a-fishing to Fair Haven, through the woods, to eke out my scanty fare of vegetables.

有一个下午我穿过森林到美港去钧鱼，以弥补我的蔬菜的不足。

North Koreans certainly struggle to eke out a living, but they are not starving.

朝鲜毫无疑问是在挣扎着生存，但是，他们并非正在饿死。

The nation should still manage to eke out a surplus this year.

日本今年全年仍可勉强实现经常项目盈余。

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。

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。

There are many humble dwellings scattered about the valley and most all of the inhabitants have to struggle in order to eke out a living.

有许多简朴的房舍散布在溪谷中，并且绝大多数的居民必须为挣得生活而奋斗。