vt.賺得;贏得;獲得
He works hard, but he does not earn much money. 他工作很努力,但錢賺得不多。
How does she earn her living? 她靠什么謀生?
His skill in negotiating earned him a reputation as a shrewd tactician. 他的談判技巧使他贏得了精明戰(zhàn)略家的名聲。
It has taken years to earn their trust. 花了好多年才贏得他們的信任。
She exerted herself all year to earn good marks. 她整年努力以期獲得好分數(shù)。
earn的基本意思是指因有某種功勞或品德而“獲得某種精神上或物質上的報酬”。有時僅可表示“應該得到”,而實際不一定得到。引申可作“掙錢”“謀生”解。
earn可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。earn作“使得到,使贏得”解時,其后還可跟雙賓語,其間接賓語也可轉化為介詞for的賓語。
v.學會;學習;得知
v.學會;學習;得知(learn 的過去式和過去分詞)