Inflation has taught companies ingenious ways to eke out modest budgets.通货膨胀使各公司想出一些妙招来节约使用有限的预算。

They both had to eke out their modest earnings designing fabrics.他们俩只得靠设计织物图样来贴补有限的家用。

He was eking out an existence on a few francs a day.他每天就靠几法郎勉强度日。

Dan, his wife Breda and eight children were struggling to eke out a living.丹、他的妻子布雷达以及八个孩子在艰难度日。