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单词 earn
释义
earn
verb[IorT]
uk
/ɜːn/us
/ɝːn/
A2
toreceivemoneyaspaymentforworkthat you do:
挣（钱）；挣得；赚得
I earn $80,000 ayear.我一年挣8万美元。
How much do you earn, if you don'tmindmeasking?如果你不介意的话，能告诉我你挣多少钱吗？
You can'texpectto earnaliving(= bepaidenoughmoneytoliveon)fromyourpainting.你不能指望靠画画来维持生计。
[+ two objects]Coffeeexportsearn(= give)Brazilmany millions ofdollarsayear./Brazilearns many millions ofdollarsayearfromcoffeeexports.咖啡出口每年给巴西带来的收入达数百万英镑。／巴西通过出口咖啡每年收入达数百万英镑。
C2
to get something that youdeserve:
应获得；博得；赢得
It's been atoughsixmonthsand IfeelI've earned a fewweeksoff.这半年可真是够辛苦的，我觉得我也该休息几周了。
See also
well earned
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to receive or be given something
  • getI got a new bike for my birthday.
  • receiveYou will receive your tickets by email.
  • obtainAfter many years of trying, she finally obtained Brazilian citizenship.
  • gainYou will improve at the job as you gain experience.
  • earnEventually, you will earn the dog's trust.
  • achieveShe achieved top marks in the physics exam.
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More examples
  • As apersonaltrainerto therichandfamous, he earns over a milliondollarsayear.
  • He earns abitofextrapocketmoneybybabysitting.
  • Manypeopleare moreinterestedinjobsatisfactionthan in earninglargeamountsofmoney.
  • A person'sgrossincomeis themoneythey earn beforetaxisdeductedfrom it.
  • You should put themoneyin asavingsaccountwhere it will earninterest.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Earning money
  • (your)(daily) breadidiom
  • assessable
  • bank
  • base pay
  • basic
  • basic income
  • feel the pinchidiom
  • hand over fistidiom
  • in arrearsidiom
  • lineyourpocket(s)idiom
  • livelihood
  • pay packet
  • pull
  • pullsomethingdown
  • raise
  • rakesomethingin
  • remonetize
  • remuneration
  • shift
  • sick pay
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Getting, receiving and accepting
(Definition ofearnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

earn| American Dictionary

earn
verb[T]
us
/ɜrn/
toreceivemoneyaspaymentforworkthat you do, or to get something that youdeservebecause ofyourabilitiesoractions:
[T]This month’sraisemeansthat I’ll be earning $45,000 ayear.
[T]After all theworkI’ve done, I’ve earned avacation.
(Definition ofearnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

earn| Business English

earn
verb
uk
/ɜːn/us
[IorT]
toreceivemoneyaspaymentforworkthat you do:
How much do you earn?
When Istartedearning, Idecidedtoopenasavingsaccount.
earn a salary/a wage/an incomeAtypicalmanagerwill earn asalaryof at least $69,000.
Brokersearncommissionon eachsale.
earn sb sthSheturneddown anadvertthat would have earned her £1 million.
[T]
to make aparticularamountofmoneyfrom aproductorbusinessactivity:
His last threefilmshave earned more than $437 millionworldwide.
In 1994, BBAearnedpretaxprofitof 84.3 millionpounds.
earn sth from sthTheregionearnsbillionsofdollarsfromtourism.
[T]
to get anamountofmoneyasprofitorintereston aninvestmentorloan:
You canbuyandselltheseunittrustswhen youchoose, and you earndividends.
Anysparecashisbestput in asavingsaccountwhere it willearninterest.
Localgovernmentsuse thefundas a money-marketaccounttoearninterestonsurpluscash.
[T]
tocollectarewardfor doingbusinesswith aparticularcompanyor for aparticularactivity. You can use theserewardstobuygoodsor get some otheradvantage:
Apply now tostartearningloyaltypoints
Organizations canearncarboncreditsbyregisteringanenergysavingproject.
earn a living(alsoearn your living)
to bepaidthemoneythat you need toliveon:
He earns alivingas aself-employedconsultant.
(Definition ofearnfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofearn

earn
Table 4 considers the correlation between husbands' earnings and wives' earning when husbands and wives separately are sorted into quintiles by earnings.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Identification of outliers provides insights about the characteristics of retirees who earned large amounts of deferred compensation.
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However, these arrangements pose a problem for women, who are likely to have worked and contributed for fewer years and earned lower wages when working.
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One can, to some extent, translate the above analysis of earned and unearned income into an evaluation of types of tax.
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The subject, immediately before entering the experimental room, was paid a flat 250, unrelated to the number of chips earned.
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Taxes on income or land, in particular for rural-based economies, can be thought of as earned.
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Figure 2 shows bankruptcy fees earned by lawyers; fees increased by a factor of five over the decade.
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Each additional representative a region had per million inhabitants earned it on average an extra 72,000 roubles per capita in net transfers.
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The showman explained that twenty years ago he collected five pounds a week on average, earning seven or eight shillings from each street performance.
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About 10.2 per cent of workers aged 16-24 and roughly 12 per cent of all parttime workers earned the minimum wage in 1999.
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As a result urban workers could purchase goods, though they were usually foreign made ; rural people, meanwhile, rarely earned enough to purchase more than food.#!
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Women tend now to be seen both as primary carers and as individuals responsible for earning for themselves, their children and their own pensions.
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At night, the maestro (who also worked as hornero) earned 10 soles, his ayudante 4.7 soles, and the operarios merely 4.20 soles.
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The experience of these young women emphasizes that earning potential and household need shaped historically specific gender and generational roles.
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He also earned himself a reputation for ' moderation ', which increased his usefulness in confrontations with the crown.
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