Eke
[ [i:k] ]
出国 Abroad
vt. 补充, 增加
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
eke
v (phr v) eke sth out
(a) make a small supply of sth last longer by adding sth else to it or by using it sparingly 使小量物品用的时间长（靠节省用量或以他物弥补）
They eked out their coal by collecting firewood. 他们拣拾木柴以补充煤的不足.
(b) manage to make (a living) laboriously by doing this 竭力维持（生活）
eking out a meagre existence 勉强维持贫困的生活.
🗣️ 情景例句
Right here.
就在这 。
We don't like them to pass through here.
我们不希望汽车通过这里。
and yet one might be cautious about believing this statement.
不过，人们不会轻信她的抱怨。