| 单词 | gain |
| 释义 | gain I. 1. dialect Britain, of a route < the gainest way to the glen > 2. dialect Britain < a gain tool > II. dialect Britain III. IV. 1. < the moral and cultural gains of the last 1000 years > < a lottery for private gain > < the practice resulted in quite a gain in confidence in the driver > < the difficulties encountered, the compromises reached, the gains achieved — Vera M. Dean > as a. < the loss or gain in a company's assets > b. c. < capital gains to be entered separately on the income-tax form > 2. 3. a. < the gain in weight of the cattle over a period of weeks was recorded > < the gain in efficiency is more than worth the heat loss — Modern Industry > < sales aggregated 84,293,729 barrels, a gain of 1.3 percent over 1951 — Americana Annual > < its absence would mean … more loss than gain in social relations — W.C.Brownell > b. V. transitive verb 1. a. < gain a sum of money > < gain a good reputation > < gain recognition > < gain admittance > < gain popularity > < gain a livelihood > < gain insight > < after climbing all the morning he had failed to gain another glimpse of the great brown ram — C.G.D.Roberts > < gain the goodwill of the people — H.C.Atyeo > < a great aid to us in gaining an inspection of the grounds — A.W.O'Neil > b. (1) < gain a prize in a tennis match > (2) < gain a battle > < gain a suit at law > c. < the invalid gained strength under the doctor's care > < the writing was such that the reader actually gained the illusion of a cruise > < the false story gained credence > < the impression was gained that the divisional heads would hold key positions — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) > < the child is gaining a sense of rhythm and balance — Handwriting Today > d. < land gained from the sea > e. < gain an acquaintance > f. < the football team gained forty yards in the first three plays > g. < gained a black eye for his trouble > < the participants gained only ignominy and unhappiness > 2. < gain adherents for his religious doctrines > — often used with over < had been gained over to urge this fatal course by a gift — Encyc. Americana > 3. < the first ones to gain the top of the mountain held it against attack > < gain a goal > : reach, attain < he gained his car and he was safe — Jean Stafford > 4. < misfortune gains the sympathy of friends > < gain the audience's attention > 5. < gain momentum > < gain impetus > < does not mean that the actual aesthetic experience gains nothing when it is studied in the context of our total experience — Hunter Mead > 6. < gained his feet after a fall > < gain my equilibrium > 7. of a timepiece < gains a minute a day > intransitive verb 1. < the man supplying the capital expected to gain considerably by the enterprise > 2. a. < the child gained in weight > < gain in influence > < gain in reputation > < the day was gaining in warmth > b. < despite her diet the woman continued to gain > c. < the patient gained daily > d. < the water gained so frightfully in the ship that it seemed certain she would sink — Fletcher Pratt > 3. of a timepiece < gains by an hour a day > Synonyms: see get, reach • - gain a point - gain face - gain ground - gain on - gain the wind - gain time VI. 1. 2. |
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