单词 | gainful |
释义 | gainful (once / 15076 pages) adj When something is gainful, it is profitable. In other words, it benefits or rewards the person who is doing it. You are most likely to come across the word gainful followed by employment. For some reason, most writers use this adjective to describe the working world, and the idea that a job provides a benefit to the worker — usually, in the form of money. Occasionally, you'll see other words replace employment, but they will still mean "work." The root of gainful is the Old French gaaignier, "to earn or gain," and also "to work in the fields or cultivate land." WORD FAMILYgainful: gainfully, gainfulness+/gain: gained, gainer, gainful, gaining, gains, regain/gainer: gainers/regain: regained, regaining, regains USAGE EXAMPLESIf the programs don’t meet the new “gainful employment” requirements and fail to improve, they will lose eligibility for federal student aid. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) Public and private non-profit college degree programs are not subject to the 90/10 rule, Gainful Employment rule, or job placement requirements. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) They are also subject to new “gainful employment” rules that link access to federal cash with graduates’ success in finding jobs. New York Times(Aug 30, 2016) adj yielding a fair profit Syn paid, paying profitable yielding material gain or profit |
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