earn
verb [ I or T ] uk/ɜːn/ us/ɝːn/
A2 挣（钱）；挣得；赚得
to receive money as payment for work that you do
I earn $80,000 a year. 我一年挣8万美元。
How much do you earn, if you don't mind me asking? 如果你不介意的话，能告诉我你挣多少钱吗？
You can't expect to earn a living (= be paid enough money to live on) from your painting. 你不能指望靠画画来维持生计。
[ + two objects ] Coffee exports earn (= give) Brazil many millions of dollars a year./Brazil earns many millions of dollars a year from coffee exports. 咖啡出口每年给巴西带来的收入达数百万英镑。／巴西通过出口咖啡每年收入达数百万英镑。
C2 应获得;博得;赢得
to get something that you deserve
It's been a tough six months and I feel I've earned a few weeks off. 这半年可真是够辛苦的，我觉得我也该休息几周了。
See also: well earned
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- As a personal trainer to the rich and famous, he earns over a million dollars a year.
- He earns a bit of extra pocket money by babysitting.
- Many people are more interested in job satisfaction than in earning large amounts of money.
- A person's gross income is the money they earn before tax is deducted from it.
- You should put the money in a savings account where it will earn interest.