rub along

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To survive or get by with some difficulty.
    — Mrs. Dinsmore has experienced 'love in a cottage,' and probably has no very idyllic recollections; she knows what it is to rub along with one servant, or even none, and keep up appearances and worry about the next month's rent
  2. To get along, to have an amicable relationship.
    — Though he had at first to rub along in coarse society, he always maintained his inward refinement; he liked the table in the office to be of polished wood, and everything to be on a gentlemanly scale

词形变化

rubs along present,singular,third-person rubbing along participle,present rubbed along participle,past rubbed along past
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