1.I lived near a year upon that, spending very sparingly, and eking things out to the utmost.
我就靠着这点钱，克勤克俭，七拼八凑地又过了几乎一年。
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.Greece has had trouble for years eking money out of its government land holdings.
多年来希腊一直难以依靠政府持有的土地补充收入。
6.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。
7.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。
8.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。
9.Manufacturing is what you do if your only alternative is eking a living from the soil, or what lies beneath it.
如果你除此之外的唯一选择就是依靠土地和土地之下的东西维持生计，在这种情况下，制造业才是你的选择。
10.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。