eke out a living

and on the broken heart of Mr Pipchin, she had contrived, taking one year with another, to eke out a tolerable sufficient living since her husband's demise.

她依仗着她的这种声誉，也依仗着皮普钦先生的破碎的心，在丈夫与世长辞之后，想方设法，年复一年，辛辛苦苦地维持了一个相当不错的生活。

The mining industry exploits, investing to a large number of workforces, it is mostly only enough to eke out a living to obtain every day.

矿业开采，投入大量劳动力，每日所获大多仅够糊口。

In old China workers and peasants could hardly eke out a living, let alone send their children to school.

在旧中国，工人农民连生活都难以维持，更谈不上送子女上学了。

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。

To eke out a full-time living from their honeybees, about half the nation's2,000 commercial beekeepers pull up stakes each spring.

为了让蜜蜂整年都有花采，全国2000名商业养蜂人中大约有一半每年春天都要搬家。

To eke out a full-time living from their honeybees, about half the nation's2,000 commercial beekeepers pull up stakes each spring, migrating north to find more flowers for their bees.

以养蜂为全职工作的，大概一半全美2000多商业养蜂人每个春天都会迁移到南方去寻找更多的花给他们的蜜蜂。

He works hard all day long every day to eke out a living for his family.

他整日穷忙,全都是为了这个家呀.

Eke out a living at an extremely low economic level I have borne great poverty myself.

勉强过着极为贫困的生活我本人已经为极度的贫困所拖累。

Eke out a living at an extremely low economic level.

勉强过着极为贫困的生活。