| 单词 | gain |
| 释义 | gain (once / 41 pages) 1vn 2vn A gain is an increase in something, especially something good. You gain knowledge by attending philosophy lectures and reading books. When you gain something, you acquire it or add to what you already have. You can gain friends by joining clubs, and you can gain weight by eating ice cream every day. Gain is also a noun, which you can use to talk about what you've gained, like the health gain you get from cutting back on that ice cream. The root of gain is the Old French gaaignier, "to earn, trade, or capture." WORD FAMILYgain: gained, gainer, gainful, gaining, gains, regain+/gainer: gainers/gainful: gainfully, gainfulness/regain: regained, regaining, regains USAGE EXAMPLESEnter body scanners, which allow you to visualize your muscle gain and see, in three dimensions, how — and where — you are losing fat. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) But in the six years after the show, all but one gained back most of their lost weight, despite continuing to diet and exercise. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) He still sometimes implies he might let Syrian migrants flood Europe again to gain diplomatic leverage, as if the threat doesn’t also hurt Turkey’s security. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1v obtain Syn|Hypo|Hyper derive draw, reap get or derive obtain come into possession of 2v win something through one's efforts Gain an understanding of international finance Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper acquire, win lose fail to get or obtain cozen cheat or trick acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 3v derive a benefit from Syn|Hypo|Hyper benefit, profit cash in on take advantage of or capitalize on profiteermake an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods capitalise, capitalize, take advantagedraw advantages from pyramidenlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts clear, net, sack, sack upmake as a net profit acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 4v obtain advantages, such as points, etc. The home team was gaining ground Syn|Ant|Hypo advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede retreat steal steal a base hit, rack up, score, tallygain points in a game parmake a score (on a hole) equal to par shootscore convertscore (a spare) convertcomplete successfully convertscore an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone homerhit a home run kickmake a goal eagleshoot in two strokes under par hole upscore a hole in one acescore an ace against walkobtain a base on balls equalise, equalize, get evencompensate; make the score equal get, have, makeachieve a point or goal 5v reach a destination, either real or abstract Syn|Hypo arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach make reach in time catch up reach the point where one should be after a delay scale, surmountreach the highest point of access, get atreach or gain access to bottom outreach the low point peak, top outto reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity breast, summitreach the summit (of a mountain) topreach or ascend the top of makereach in time findsucceed in reaching; arrive at culminatereach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body come through, get throughsucceed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems ground, run agroundhit or reach the ground come backeven the score, in sports crestreach a high point 6n the advantageous quality of being beneficial 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper profit account the quality of taking advantage gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitability, profitablenessthe quality of affording gain or benefit or profit advantage, vantage the quality of having a superior or more favorable position 1v increase or develop the peace movement gained momentum Syn|Hyper gather increase become bigger or greater in amount 2v rise in rate or price The stock market gained 24 points today Syn|Hyper advance climb, mount, rise, wax go up or advance 3v earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring in, clear, earn, 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 4v increase (one's body weight) She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper put on lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin take off weight fill out, flesh out, round become round, plump, or shapely pack ongain (weight) change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 5n a quantity that is added they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks Syn|Hypo|Hyper addition, increase accretion something contributing to growth or increase indefinite quantity an estimated quantity 6n the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating Ant|Hypo|Hyper loss, red, red ink the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue financial gain the amount of monetary gain paper profitan unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price incomethe financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time profits, win, winningssomething won (especially money) unearned incrementan unearned rise in the market value of property resulting from general market factors capital gainthe amount by which the selling price of an asset exceeds the purchase price; the gain is realized when the asset is sold amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money a quantity of money 7n the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input Syn|Hypo|Hyper amplification loop gain (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input increase, increment the amount by which something increases |
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