用表現換來的好東西
把拿到手的東西從錢換成別的:尊敬、名聲、一個位子、一次休假。付出換回報的結構完全沒變,只是這次沒有金額——所以 earn 帶著「這是他應得的」這層味道,說 She earned it 是在肯定她。
earn, deserve · verb · A2
To get something good because you have worked hard for it or you deserve it.
贏得;掙得
Picture the end of a working day and money coming to you — not given, not found, not won by luck, but paid because of what you put in. Earn always keeps that shape: something comes to you, and your own effort is the reason it came.
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用表現換來的好東西
把拿到手的東西從錢換成別的:尊敬、名聲、一個位子、一次休假。付出換回報的結構完全沒變,只是這次沒有金額——所以 earn 帶著「這是他應得的」這層味道,說 She earned it 是在肯定她。
earn, deserve · verb · A2
To get something good because you have worked hard for it or you deserve it.
贏得;掙得
固定說法:earn your keep
這一支是 earn your keep 這個固定說法撐起來的:keep 在這裡是舊用法,指「食宿、養你的花費」。整串的意思是「靠做事抵掉別人養你的成本」,單看 earn 這個字看不出來,要整句記。
earn your keep · verb · A2
To do jobs for someone in return for the food and home they give you.
掙得食宿
earn money · verb · A2
To get money by working for it.
賺
earn (profit or interest) · verb · A2
To make money as a profit from a business, or from money you have put in a bank.
賺得;生利
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Earnname
A river in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which flows into the tidal River Tay.
earnverb詞源 1/ɜːn/
To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).
To receive payment for work.
To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
To achieve by being worthy of.
earnverb詞源 2
archaicdialectalTo curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
obsoletedialectalOf milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
earnverb詞源 3
obsoletedialectalTo strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).
obsoletedialectalTo grieve.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。