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And Vietnam will finally eke out a current account surplus for last year the first time since 2005.

越南在去年也终于实现经常账户盈余，这是2005年来首次。

In certain cases, education and enlightenment can serve to eke out evil.

在某种情况下, 教育和智力都是可以起济恶的作用的.

You will soon be faced with some tough choices: do you spend the weekend polishing up your maths skills to eke out another 3 per cent on the GMAT, or do you visit your fourth-choice school.

你很快就将面对几个艰难抉择：是用周末提高数学能力来让GMAT考分增加3%，还是去参观你第四志愿的商学院？

Though the Dutch team did eke out a win, it was not easy.

荷兰队的夺冠之路非常艰辛。

They eke out a bare existence on his low salary.

他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强糊口.

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.

Migrants send home cash that helps eke out low village incomes.

流动劳工往家里汇款,以弥补低下的农村收入.

He toiled unsuccessfully on craigslist, the local classifieds service, trying to eke out some income from the island when not in use for stays with family and friends.

他曾在当地分类广告网站Craigslist上打广告，希望房子空置时（自己家人与朋友不在此居住时）能对外出租，但却以失败告终。

He asked about the present condition and I tried to eke out the little knowledge I had collected.

他问起目前情况，我把我所收集的一些材料尽量告诉了他。

But he harbors doubts about stocks' ability to eke out gains past 2010.

但他对股市在2010年后继续维持上涨的能力持怀疑态度。

To my surprise I eke out a small sound.

出乎我意料之外的是,我只能勉强吹出细小的声音.

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。

Does Jeanette have extensive keyboard accelerators or a great collection of environment variables to eke out special features from utilities?

Jeanette是否有很多加速键或者大量的环境变量集合，以便从实用工具方面补充一些特殊的特性呢？

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。

They eke out a bare existence ( ie They scarcely manage ) on his low salary.

他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强口.

To eke out her meager pay, Betty turned to writing.

贝蒂为了弥补微薄的工资收入, 搞起写作来.

To regain competitiveness quickly, rather than eke out adjustment over a decade or more, wages need to fall.

一国要想快速恢复竞争力、而非在十年甚至更长的调整期里勉强度日，工资水平就必须下降。

To meet the new standards, companies are combining an array of existing technologies to eke out every possible bit of fuel savings from the 120-year-old internal combustion engine.

为了达到新的燃油经济性标准，各大汽车公司目前正在整合一系列现有技术，以期在已有120年历史的内燃机的基础上节约使用任何可能的点滴燃油。

Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.

很多工人手头的遣散费仅够维持10个星期左右。

We must try to eke out our water supply.

我们必须尽量节约用水.

His defense during the final match was superb, allowing him to eke out a draw.

决赛中的出色防守使他保住了平局.

They eke out a precarious existence.

他们勉强维持着朝不保夕的生活。

They eke out victories now, or inexplicably stumble like they did Tuesday night against 5-16 Sacramento.

要不然,他们现在只能是勉强维持胜利, 或者像周二晚上输给5胜16负的国王那样遭遇莫名其妙失利.

We are no more inclined to eke out our sentimental sorrows cherish our bodily pains.

我们不愿意增加我们多愁善感的悲哀,正如我们不愿意保留我们身体上的疼痛一样.

Eke out a living at an extremely low economic level.

勉强过着极为贫困的生活。

The crew started to eke out there scanty supply of fresh water.

船员们开始节约使用储量不多的淡水.

They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.

他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活.

Families struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.

在这种艰难的环境中每家每户都在为维持生计而挣扎。

They had to eke out a livinga tiny income.

他们不得不靠微薄收入勉强度日.

Even in China's richest city, huge numbers of people eke out a very modest existence.

在这个中国最富裕的城市, 还是有很多人勉强维生.