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?jǐn)?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(zhì)上的報(bào)酬”。有時(shí)僅可表示“應(yīng)該得到”,而實(shí)際不一定得到。引申可作“掙錢”“謀生”解。

earn可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)接名詞或代詞作賓語。earn作“使得到,使贏得”解時(shí),其后還可跟雙賓語,其間接賓語也可轉(zhuǎn)化為介詞for的賓語。

v.渴望；想念；盼望；同情

v.學(xué)會(huì)；學(xué)習(xí)；得知