eking out

It has been two days since the latest slum eradication, but families are still eking out a living amid the ruins.

最后一个棚户区被彻底清除已经过去两天了。但是好多家庭还在废墟中艰难地生存着。

At a Catholic church recently, they were making soup to share among those, like themselves, eking out the last of their savings.

最近他们在一座天主教教堂中熬汤，与那些同自己一样、靠最后一点积蓄勉强度日的人们分享。

He had been eking out a wretched existence, story-telling, or selling tobacco.

他辛辛苦苦地凑合着生活，说书，或者卖烟草。

They had to have some way of eking out a reasonable existence .

他们不得不辛辛苦苦地维持合理的生活。

Playing well and learning will make far more difference in the postseason than perhaps eking out a fluky win after playing poorly.

发挥好和学习会比在发挥差的情况下取得一场侥幸的胜利更能在季后赛制造不同。

Some have to hide eking out a living for decades.

有些老华侨甚至躲藏了数十年，偷偷谋生。

Eking out a bare Democratic majority isn't good enough.

勉强维持一个单纯的民主党多数也并非万全之策。

Ethiopia still has too many people eking out a living on too little land, depending on rains that can never be relied on.

埃塞俄比亚仍然有很多人靠天吃饭，耕种极少的土地艰难度日。

Gold prices followed lower, after eking out small gains on Thursday.

黄金价格下跌之后，在竭尽全力维持仅仅能够小幅上涨星期四。

The miners had survived by eking out two days' rations.

经过两天的定量补给，矿工们幸存了下来。

She is eking out her income by working in the evenings .

她在晚上工作以增加收入。