英语词汇“on even terms”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

on even terms

P11. Australian and New Zealand. on even terms: on the basis that work is done in exchange for board and lodging. Cf. au pair adv. Also even terms. Now disused.

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1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 23 Sept. 13/7 Cadet, a young man working on a station to learn sheep-farming..often worked ‘on even terms’ but is now usually paid a low wage.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 27 Even Terms, working for one's food.

1955 B. J. Cameron Coll. (typescript) in Dict. N.Z. Eng. (1997) 247 Even terms, working for food and keep merely. The expression has little application in these prosperous days.

extracted from evenadj.¹n.²

as lemmas

单词	on even terms
释义	> as lemmas on even terms P11. Australian and New Zealand. on even terms: on the basis that work is done in exchange for board and lodging. Cf. au pair adv. Also even terms. Now disused. ΚΠ 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 23 Sept. 13/7 Cadet, a young man working on a station to learn sheep-farming..often worked ‘on even terms’ but is now usually paid a low wage. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 27 Even Terms, working for one's food. 1955 B. J. Cameron Coll. (typescript) in Dict. N.Z. Eng. (1997) 247 Even terms, working for food and keep merely. The expression has little application in these prosperous days. extracted from evenadj.¹n.² < as lemmas
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