He vamped up some lectures out of old notes. 他用一些舊筆記拼湊成幾篇演講稿。
Halaby hoked up a special ceremony. 哈拉比勉強拼湊了一場(chǎng)慶祝會(huì )。
It took Jones more than eight months to scrape up enough money for the rent. 瓊斯化了八個(gè)多月時(shí)間才勉強湊集起足夠的錢(qián)來(lái)付租金。
But if they scratch together the money to do so, it will be impossible to afford earthquake insurance, which is already prohibitively expensive. 但是，如果他們湊集錢(qián)財來(lái)這樣做的話(huà)，則無(wú)法承擔地震保險，那也是極其昂貴的。
