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

earnearn /ɚn/ ●●● S2 W1 verb

ETYMOLOGYearn

Origin: Old English earnian

VERB TABLE

earn

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	earn
	he, she, it	earns
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	earned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have earned
	he, she, it	has earned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had earned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will earn
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have earned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am earning
	he, she, it	is earning
	you, we, they	are earning
Past	I, he, she, it	was earning
	you, we, they	were earning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been earning
	he, she, it	has been earning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been earning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be earning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been earning

COLLOCATIONS► earn a living

It’s hard to earn a living as a writer (=make money to pay for the things you need).

► earned a reputation

Chavez earned a reputation for being unfair.

THESAURUSmoney for work► earn

to get money by working: Alan earns $50,000 a year. It’s hard to earn a living as a writer (=make money to pay for the things you need).

► make

to earn or receive money for doing work. Make sounds slightly more informal than earn: Ashley makes extra money by babysitting.

► get

informal to receive money for doing work or selling something: How much do you get an hour?

► be/get paid

to be given money for doing a job: I get paid monthly.

► gross

to earn an amount as a total amount, before tax or other costs have been taken away: The movie grossed 18 million dollars in its first weekend.

► net

to earn a particular amount of money after paying taxes or taking away costs: She netted only $300 for a rug that took her 150 hours to weave.

1MONEY FOR WORK [transitive] to get money by working: Alan earns $50,000 a year. It’s hard to earn a living as a writer (=make money to pay for the things you need).THESAURUSmake – to earn or receive money for doing work. Make sounds slightly more informal than earn: Ashley makes extra money by babysitting.get informal – to receive money for doing work or selling something: How much do you get an hour?be/get paid – to be given money for doing a job: I get paid monthly.gross – to earn an amount as a total amount, before tax or other costs have been taken away: The movie grossed 18 million dollars in its first weekend.net – to earn a particular amount of money after paying taxes or taking away costs: She netted only $300 for a rug that took her 150 hours to weave.2PROFIT [transitive] social studies, economics to make a profit from business or from putting money in a bank, lending it, etc.: The company earned $187 million last year.earn something from something I earn a lot of money from my investments.3something YOU DESERVE [transitive] to get something that you deserve, because of your qualities or actions: Enjoy your vacation – you’ve earned it!earn yourself something Gail earned herself a place on the team by practicing hard. Chavez earned a reputation for being unfair.► see thesaurus at get4earn your keep to do jobs as a way of paying the owner of the place where you live: I don’t mind you staying with us, but you’ll have to earn your keep.5earn your stripes informal to do something to deserve a particular rank or position6earn somebody/something the name to cause someone to be called a particular name: His large glasses earned him the name “four eyes.”[Origin: Old English earnian]