rub along

1. North and South had officials at the meeting and they rubbed along tolerably
   南北双方都有官员参加了这次会议，而且他们勉强和平相处。
2. Mr Nicholson respects soldiers, and he rubs along with them.
   尼科尔森先生对士兵很尊重，而且跟他们相处融洽。
3. Professor Scott agrees that favoured children can sometimes find life difficult when they have to rub along in the real world.
   斯科特教授承认，当受宠的孩子不得不在现实世界中勉强度日时，有时会感到人生很艰难。
4. We rub along pretty well most of the time.
   我们大多数相处得都很好。
5. My flat-mate and I rub along okay.
   我的租房伙伴与我相处得还不错。
6. He's not a good student; he can only just rub along in class.
   他并不是好学生，在班上只勉强跟得上。
7. He can only just rub along in class.
   在班上他勉强跟得上。
8. The two schools rub along; mr Barroso embodies an attempt to reconcile them.
   这两派勉强共存，巴罗佐则试图调解双方。
9. She was able to rub along by giving English lessons.
   她靠教英文勉强维持生活。
10. With the money my mother earned we just managed to rub along.
    靠妈妈挣来的钱，我们马马虎虎地凑合着过日子。
11. The willingness of business to rub along with political power can easily degenerate into cronyism and cosy collusion against the public interest, of which there are all too many examples in Asia.
    企业与政治力量和睦相处的意愿，很容易堕落成任人唯亲和违背公共利益的暧昧合谋。这种例子在亚洲不胜枚举。
12. At a moment when nationalistic claims and counter-claims are resounding over the ice-floes, the region's intractability still forces its would-be conquerors to rub along.
    当有朝一日国家主义的主张或反诉回漾在冰川之上时，这一地区问题的刺手性仍将迫使那些自诩的征服者们勉强共处。
13. Despite all our problems, we continue to rub along.
    尽管有很多问题，我们仍坚持下去。

verb

1. manage one's existence barely
   1. I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary

   Synonym:    scrape alongscrape byscratch alongsqueak bysqueeze by