earn
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they earn | |
| he / she / it earns | |
| past simple earned | |
| past participle earned | |
| -ing form earning |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to get money for work that you do 挣得；赚得；挣钱 - earn (something)
He earns about $40 000 a year. 他一年大约挣 4 万美元。 to earn an income/a wage/a salary 赚取收入/工资/薪水 She earned a living as a part-time secretary. 她靠做兼职秘书为生。 She must earn a fortune (= earn a lot of money). 她准是挣了一大笔钱。 All the children are earning now. 所有子女都在挣钱了。 - earn somebody something
His victory in the tournament earned him $50 000. 他在这次锦标赛中获胜，挣得了 5 万美元。 - earn something from something
He earned enough from his work for food. 他从工作中挣得足够的食物。
Collocationssee also hard-earnedFinance Finance 财务 Income 收入 - earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
在股市上赚钱／赚一大笔钱／发大财 - acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
获得／继承／积累财富／一大笔钱 - build up funds/savings
积累资金／存款 - get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
得到／（给某人）留下遗产 - live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
靠低微的工资／固定收入／养老金过活 - get/receive/draw/collect a pension
领取养老金 - depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
靠福利金／社会保障金过活
Expenditure 开支；支出 - spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
把钱／存款／一大笔钱花在…上 - invest/put your savings in…
投资／把储蓄金用于… - throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
把钱浪费／花费巨资在…上 - lose your money/inheritance/pension
失去钱财／遗产／养老金 - use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
把储蓄用光 - pay (in) cash
用现金支付 - use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
用支票支付；开支票；给某人开支票；接受支票 - change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
预付（某人）订金
Banks 银行 - have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
持有／开立／注销／冻结银行账户 - credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
记入账户的贷方／借方；把钱存入账户／从账户中取出 - deposit money/funds in your account
往账户里存钱／存入资金 - withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
从自动提款机等取钱／现金／30 英镑 - (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
存款；取款 - find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
找到／去／使用自动提款机 - be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
账面有钱／亏空；有盈余；透支 - use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
Personal finance 个人理财 - manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
管理／处理／计划／经营管理／整顿财务问题 - plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
计划／管理／制订／严格执行预算 - offer/extend credit (to somebody)
（给某人）提供贷款 - arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
商定／获得贷款／透支额 - pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
偿还钱／贷款／债务 - pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
以分期付款方式购买某物
Financial difficulties 财务困难 - get into debt/financial difficulties
陷入债务／财务困难 - be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
缺钱 - run out of/owe money
钱用光了；欠钱 - face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
面对／收到一张…英镑的账单 - can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
承担不起…的费用／款项／房租 - fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
拖欠按揭贷款／分期偿还款项／房租 - incur/run up/accumulate debts
带来／积欠／累积债务 - tackle/reduce/settle your debts
处理／减少／付清债务
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneya2The workers barely earn enough to live on. 工人的收入勉强能糊口。 the opportunity to earn more money 赚更多钱的机会 The company expects to earn €600 million on sales. 公司的销售额预计达 6 亿欧元。 The plant will earn £950 million for the UK. 该工厂将为英国赚取9.5亿英镑。 profits earned from real estate sales 房地产销售盈利
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- consistently
- reportedly
- reputedly
- …
- have to
- need to
- expect to
- …
- from
- a/the chance to earn something
- a/the opportunity to earn something
- earn a living as something
- …
- earn (something)
- [transitive]
to get money as profit or interest on money you lend, have in a bank, etc. 生（利）；获（利） - earn something
Your money would earn more in a high-interest account. 你的钱放在高利息账户里可获利更多。 - earn something from something
interest earned from investments 投资所得利息
- earn something
- [transitive]
to get something that you deserve, usually because of something good you have done or because of the good qualities you have 应得；博得；赢得 - earn something
He earned a reputation as an expert on tax law. 他赢得了税法专家的美名。 As a teacher, she had earned the respect of her students. 作为教师，她赢得了学生的尊敬。 Their supporters have certainly earned the right to celebrate. 他们的支持者当然有权利庆祝。 I need a rest. I think I've earned it, don't you? 我需要休息一下。我觉得应该让我歇一歇，你说是不是？ - (especially North American English)
She earned a degree in music. 她获得了音乐学位。 Players earn points to progress in the game. 玩家在游戏中获得进步的分数。 - earn somebody something
His outstanding ability earned him a place on the team. 他非凡的能力为他在队中赢得了一席之地。 His great strength earned him the nickname ‘the Bull’. 他的巨大力量为他赢得了“公牛”的绰号。
Extra ExamplesShe deservedly earned the admiration of her colleagues. 她理应赢得同事们的钦佩。 He went on to earn a PhD in astronomy from the University of Maryland. 他继续攻读马里兰大学天文专业的博士学位。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- really
- richly
- rightfully
- …
- have to
- need to
- seek to
- …
- earn something
Word OriginOld English earnian, of West Germanic origin, from a base shared by Old English esne ‘labourer’.
Idioms
earn a/your crust
- (British English, informal)
to earn enough money to live on 挣钱糊口；谋生 I’ve been an actor for 20 years, earning a crust wherever I can. 我做了20年的演员，尽我所能挣点外快。
earn your keep
to do useful or helpful things in return for being allowed to live or stay somewhere 挣口饭吃；为有栖身之处而工作 He was willing to earn his keep. 他愿意干活来换取栖身之所。
to be worth the amount of time or money that is being spent 值得所花的时间（或金钱）
earn your stripes
- (informal)
to get a position or reputation you deserve through work or achievements 挣得；赚得；挣钱 If you want to earn your stripes in journalism, you need to start at the bottom. 如果你想在新闻业获得晋升，你需要从底层做起。 With elite football, you really do have to earn your stripes. 有了精英足球，你真的必须赢得你的条纹。
win/earn your spurs
- (formal)
to become famous or successful 获得名望；取得成功