| 单词 | earn |
| 释义 | earn (once / 93 pages) v When you earn something, you gain it as a result of your actions. You can earn your friend's gratitude by rescuing her pet kitten from a tree. Earning has to do with things people get through their own efforts or behavior. A good friend earns your trust. A dishonest coworker might earn a reputation as a liar. This word is also used in financial contexts. If someone asks how much you earned last year, they're asking how much money you made at your job. WORD FAMILYearn: earned, earner, earning, earns+/earned: unearned/earner: earners/earning: earnings USAGE EXAMPLESTrust is not something you learn, it’s something the therapist earns. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) After attending public schools in Decatur, he earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Alabama. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The gas tax effort failed, earning the ire of the state chamber. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions Syn|Hypo|Hyper garner letter win an athletic letter acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 2v earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages She earns a lot in her new job Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring in, clear, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in make act in a certain way so as to acquire clear, net, sack, sack upmake as a net profit eke out, squeeze out make by laborious and precarious means profit, turn a profitmake a profit; gain money or materially rake offtake money from an illegal transaction bring home, take homeearn as a salary or wage rake in, shovel inearn large sums of money grossearn before taxes, expenses, etc. bear, pay, yieldbring in line one's pocketsmake a lot of money turn a nice dime, turn a nice dollar, turn a nice pennymake a satisfactory profit clean upmake a big profit; often in a short period of time clear, netyield as a net profit pay offyield a profit or result acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
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