| 单词 | hard-earned |
| 释义 | hard-earned adjective uk/ˌhɑːdˈɜːnd/us/ˌhɑːrdˈɝːnd/If something is hard-earned, youdeserveit because you haveworkedhard for it: 辛苦挣得的，来之不易的Peoplefeelthey are beingcheatedout oftheirhard-earnedcash.人们觉得自己的血汗钱被骗了。 Deserving and deserved
hard-earned| Business Englishhard-earned adjective[before noun] ukusearnedbyworkingvery hard: hard-earned cash/money/dollarsWorkingfamiliesarepayingmore and more oftheirhard-earneddollarsfortheirhealthcare. The company'sattemptstodrivedowncostshavehurtitshard-earnedreputationforquality. Examplesofhard-earnedhard-earned With seniority, some women command thehard-earnedposition of relative authority within the family and would be less than eager to relinquish it. From theCambridge English Corpus The per capita expenditure of the household may recover after a year or so, but survival is often achieved through dissaving and sales ofhard-earnedassets. From theCambridge English Corpus This article challenges this view, stating that the current tendency towards ' agelessness ' is itself a form of ageism, depriving the old of one of their mosthard-earnedresources : their age. From theCambridge English Corpus Why should air traffic control compete forhard-earnedpublic cash with police officers, firefighters, the national health service and schools? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They found that galloping inflation was eroding their oftenhard-earnedand very precious nest eggs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This means thathard-earnedtaxpayers' money has, for years, been trickling away into mysterious channels. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It will enshrine in law their right to keep a proportion of theirhard-earnedincome and savings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We think that they have the right to know how much of theirhard-earnedincome is being spent on petrol. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If legislation forces us to hand overhard-earnedcash to the incompetent, there is little incentive for anyone to save. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That would make us feel more confident that our constituents'hard-earnedcash was being well spent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The victims have been taken from us at a moment of joyous homecoming after ahard-earnedholiday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These companies realised much of theirhard-earnedand preciously conserved reserves to tide them over the winter period until better days came. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not be wastinghard-earnedtaxpayers' money on a fourth satellite system that offers no advantage over the others. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I also hear some anxieties that sometimes there is over much pressure to achieve measurable outcomes which might damage thehard-earnedrelationships of trust. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider that the local education authority is using itshard-earnedand hard-fought for financial resources in an extremely reprehensible way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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