| 单词 | earning power |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearning power a. General attributive, as earning capacity, earning power, etc. ΚΠ 1865 Economist 12 Aug. 970/1 The earning power of an average American is far greater than the average earning power of anyone in Europe. 1869 Glasgow Herald 31 Mar. 6/6 The North British representatives argued their case more on the ground of their company's power of injury than of their earning capacity. 1906 J. London Let. 18 Feb. in No Mentor but Myself (1999) 196 My earning-power as a writer of fiction. 1949 Billboard 17 Sept. /1 (advt.) The Select-O-Matic ‘100’ Music System..when properly programed, has greater earning potential than any other music system previously developed. 2000 Economist 15 July 56/2 Salaries are so low that an official has to be a saint to forswear any extra earning opportunities. 2008 J. Caan Real Deal (2009) xxvi. 252 I was forty-two, the age when most people earn the biggest pay packets of their careers.., yet I was walking away from my earning capacity. < as lemmas |
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