【earn音标】 英[ɜ:n] 美[ɜ:rn]
【单词释义】 earn是什么意思：
vt.&vi.赚得；获得；赢得；博得
vt.赚，赚得；获得；挣得；使得到
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] earns
[单词现在分词] earning
[单词过去式] earned
[单词过去分词] earned
【earn形近词/近似词】
yarn n.纱，纱线，纺线；（尤指）毛线；故事 vi.讲故事
barn n.谷仓，粮仓；牲口棚；（公共汽车、卡车等的）车库
warn v.警告，告诫
learn v. 学习，学会；得知
yearn vi.渴望；切盼，向往；想念，怀念；留恋
【单词例句】
◇ A maid even screamed when bringing him a steak and pineapple dessert. Aboard, he earned his passage by working as a barber and got home finally.
给他端来牛排和菠萝甜品的女仆甚至被吓得尖叫起来。在船上，他当一名理发师来挣取船费，最后终于回到了家。
---- Sailing Home
◇ Wang Peng earned his living by running a barbecue restaurant, which served delicious bacon, fried chicken breast and mutton roasted with pepper and garlic. But his food and discount attracted fewer and fewer customers. Finally, he was in debt.
王鹏经营一家烧烤餐厅来谋生，他的餐厅供应美味的腊肉、油炸的鸡胸，还有用辣椒和大蒜一起烤制的羊肉。但是，他的食物和折扣吸引的顾客越来越少，最后是他负债累累。
---- Balanced Diet
◇ I formed my first band called “Rolling Frog”. At the beginning, we relied on performing on instruments in pubs or to passers –by to earn extra money in cash.
我组成的第一支乐队叫做“摇滚蛙”。开始，我们依靠在酒吧里或向路人表演乐器来挣些零花的现金。
---- My First Band
◇ Amazon is reportedly piloting a 30-hour work week for some employees. Whilst workers on the 30-hour work week receive the same benefits as full-time employees, they earn 75% of the salary – and results aren't in yet on the pilot's outcomes.
据报道，亚马逊正在一部分员工当中试行30小时工作周。每周工作30小时的这些员工虽然能享受和全日制员工同样的福利，但是前者的工资是后者的四分之三。目前这个试行项目还没有出结果。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ In medieval times, getting caught scribbling with one's left hand could earn accusations of being possessed and, during the Spanish Inquisition, lefties were more likely to be tortured or killed.
在中世纪，被发现用左手写字会被指控受到魔鬼操控，在西班牙宗教法庭上，很可能会被判处酷刑或死刑。