earn
earn 英 [ɜ:n] 美 [ɜrn]
vt. 赚，赚得；挣得；
进行时:earning 过去式:earned 过去分词:earned 第三人称单数:earns
- 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.
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- vt. 赚，赚得；挣得；
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1. He earns about $40 000 a year.
他一年大约挣 4 万元。
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2. She earned a living as a part-time secretary.
她靠做兼职秘书为生。
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3. She must earn a fortune
她准是挣了一大笔钱。
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4. All the children are earning now.
所有子女都在挣钱了。
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5. He earned a reputation as an expert on tax law.
他赢得了税法专家的美名。
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6. As a teacher, she had earned the respect of her students.
作为教师，她赢得了学生的尊敬。
- earn (v.) Old English earnian "deserve, earn, merit, labor for, win, get a reward for labor," from Proto-Germanic *aznon "do harvest work, serve" (source also of Old Frisian esna "reward, pay"), denominative verb from *azno "labor" especially "field labor" (source of Old Norse önn "work in the field," Old High German arnon "to reap"), from PIE root *es-en- "harvest, fall" (source also of Old High German aren "harvest, crop," German Ernte "harvest," Old English ern "harvest," Gothic asans "harvest, summer," Old Church Slavonic jeseni, Russian osen, Old Prussian assanis "autumn"). Also from the same root are Gothic asneis, Old High German esni "hired laborer, day laborer," Old English esne "serf, laborer, man." Related: Earned; earning.
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