英文釋義 To work very hard to earn a small amount of money that is just barely sufficient for survival.
例句 Farmers in the remote mountains are able to eke out a living by selling any spare food they grow in the market of a local village. 這一偏遠山區的農民依靠在當地村子裏的市場上出售他們種植的剩餘糧食勉強餬口。