eke out
phrasal verbeke something out
to make a small supply of something such as food or money last longer by using only small amounts of it （靠節省用量）使…的供應持久；節約使用 - eke out a living, etc.
to manage to live with very little money 竭力維持生計；勉強度日 For years he eked out a miserable existence in a dreary bedsit in Bristol. 多年來，他在布裏斯托爾一個沉悶的床位上勉強度日。