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单词 gainfully
释义
gainfully
adverb
formal
uk
/ˈɡeɪn.fəl.i/us
/ˈɡeɪn.fəl.i/
in a way thatprovidesmoneyor somethingelsethat isuseful:
赚钱地；有收益地
Hisestatecontinuestokeeplawyersgainfullyemployedevensevenyearsafter hisdeath.即使在他死后七年，他的遗产仍然让律师有酬劳。
Sheleftthetheatrefeelingthat twohourshad been gainfullyspent.她离开剧院时觉得两小时过得很有收获。
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  • With twodaughtersnowlivingindependently, I need tofillmytimegainfully
  • From thehotelyou canwalkgainfully in anydirection.
  • They arecuttingback onstaffas theyfeelthemoneycould be more gainfullyspent.
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Examplesofgainfully

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Table 2 demonstrates that around 60 per cent of the members of workers' households weregainfullyemployed.
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The majority of thegainfullyemployed were hired by the state.
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In 1970 invalids and full-time students comprised the absolute majority of those of working age who were notgainfullyemployed.
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The prematurity rate was 4-7 for housewives and 11-1 for womengainfullyemployed for 28 weeks or more of pregnancy.
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Thegainfullyemployed are further subdivided into employed and self-employed labour.
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The neocortex and its interactions with the thalamus will keep many of usgainfullyoccupied for many years to come.
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By the end of the period the percentage ofgainfullyemployed women was almost as large as that among men.
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Bothgainfullyemployed and non-employed members of households could work on these plots.
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A ' phase of reproduction ' of the metropolitan model wasgainfullyfollowed by reinvention of policy in a local context.
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Many more men weregainfullyemployed than women.
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The tables distinguish between thegainfullyemployed and those who were maintained by others or the state, or, more rarely, those who were self-supporting.
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In contrast, when they are not 'gainfullyemployed ' they are seen as dependent, and lack status in society.
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Most of the respondents (77.3 %) weregainfullyemployed.
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In general, the census data allow one to suppose that the increase in the proportion ofgainfullyemployed urban citizens continued during the whole period under study.
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Even among men over 70 more than 40 per cent weregainfullyemployed, which reflects the absence of a system of pensions and compulsory retirement in this period.
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