earn

earn主要表示“通过工作或努力得到回报”，可指赚到钱、赢得认可或获得资格；它也有几个只见于专名、方言或旧用法的义项。

💡 记忆钩子

把earn想成“付出之后把回报挣回来”：努力可以earn奖励、认可或一个位置，也可以earn money；当主语是工作、职位或投资时，就是它带来收入。专名和旧方言义项则是从这条主线分出去的独立用法。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“通过努力获得回报”和“赚取收入”这两个现代常用义项，再学习“赢得资格或位置”。不要把earn只理解成“挣工资”，因为它也能表示赢得尊重、奖励或机会。
earn和receive都可译为“得到”，但earn通常暗含付出、功劳或应得性；单纯收到礼物、继承财产时一般不用earn。

📖 中文释义

name

rare 欧洲学术与研究网络

📖 EARN是一个曾连接欧洲各大学和研究机构的计算机网络名称，如今主要在历史或技术资料中出现。

abbreviation alt-of initialism

name

rare 苏格兰的河名

📖 Erne是苏格兰珀斯和金罗斯地区的一条河流，最后汇入泰河的潮汐河段。

verb

core 凭努力赢得回报

📖 指通过实际的工作或努力得到奖励、成功或认可；回报不一定是钱，重点是“付出换来应得的结果”。

💡 常用结构是“earn + 奖励、认可或成功”或“earn + 人 + 某种评价”。它是及物动词，后面通常直接接获得的东西；不要在这里把earn误解成只表示赚钱。

transitive

Her careful research earned her the team's respect.

她认真细致的研究为她赢得了团队的尊重。

The volunteers earned a well-deserved break after the cleanup.

志愿者们清理完毕后，凭努力赢得了应得的休息时间。
common 获得收入或利息

📖 指因工作、职位、资金或账户而得到钱；这里强调收入的来源，不一定表示收入与付出的程度相称。

💡 常用结构是“earn + 金额 + 时间”或“earn money/salary/interest”。主语可以是人、职位，也可以是账户或资金；谈工资时不要漏掉表示时间范围的成分，否则金额可能不清楚。

transitive

She earns enough to support her family.

她赚的钱足以养活全家。
common 工作赚钱

📖 不及物使用时，表示某人已经开始工作并获得收入，或泛指靠工作挣钱。

💡 常见结构是“start/stop/keep earning”或直接用“earn”表示有收入。此时动词后面不直接接工资金额；若要说明收入多少，应改用及物结构或另加金额表达。

intransitive

Once he starts earning, he plans to move into his own apartment.

他一开始挣钱，就打算搬进自己的公寓。
common 使某人获得收入或回报

📖 表示某件事、某项资产或某种活动给某人带来钱或其他回报，重点在“它为人带来收益”。

💡 常用结构是“事物 + earn + 人 + 金钱或回报”，也可用“earn money for someone”。主语通常不是收钱的人，而是工作、产品、投资或作品；不要把这种结构误看成“某人努力赚到钱”。

transitive

The online course earns its creator a steady income.

这门在线课程为创作者带来了稳定的收入。
common 凭资格获得位置

📖 表示某人因为表现、能力或贡献而获得一个位置、名额或机会，强调这个位置是靠实力赢来的。

💡 常用结构是“earn a place/spot/position”或“earn the right/chance to do something”。它比单纯表示被选中更强调资格和表现；后面接不定式时，要注意使用“the right/chance to do”。

transitive

His strong performance earned him a place on the national team.

他的出色表现为他赢得了国家队的一席之地。

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verb

rare 使牛奶凝结

📖 在英国部分地区的旧式用法中，earn可表示使牛奶凝结，尤其指制奶酪时的凝结过程。

British archaic dialectal transitive
rare 牛奶凝结

📖 在英国方言和过时用法中，牛奶本身凝结时也可用earn表示。

British dialectal intransitive obsolete

earns present,singular,third-person earning participle,present earned participle,past earned past

verb

rare 强烈渴望

📖 在英国方言或旧文学中，earn可表示非常想要某物或非常想做某事，相当于强烈的渴望。

British dialectal obsolete transitive
rare 悲伤

📖 在英国方言或旧文学中，earn还可表示悲伤或哀痛。

British dialectal intransitive obsolete

earns present,singular,third-person earning participle,present earned participle,past earned past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; ; ;

同义词集: gain take in clear make earn realize realise pull in bring in

How much do you make a month in your new job?

She earns a lot in her new job

this merger brought in lots of money

He clears $5,000 each month

上位: acquire, get 下位: bear, gross, pay, profit, turn a profit, yield

acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

同义词集: earn garner win

its beauty won Paris the name 'City of Lights'

上位: acquire, get 下位: letter

🌳 词源

动词的现代常用义项源自表示“收获”的古英语词；“使牛奶凝结”和“渴望、悲伤”来自不同的古英语或中古英语词源。作为专名时，EARN是欧洲学术与研究网络的缩写，Erne则与爱尔兰语地名及苏格兰河名有关。

Probably either: * from Middle English erne, ernen (“to coagulate, congeal”) (chiefly South Midlands) [and other forms], a metathetic variant of rennen (“to run; to coagulate, congeal”), from Old English rinnan (“to run”) (with the variants iernan, irnan) and Old Norse rinna (“to move quickly, run; of liquid: to flow, run; to melt”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”); or * a back-formation from earning (“(Britain regional, archaic) rennet”).

🔄 变式

- imperat earned 1st_sg earnedst archaic earnest archaic earneth archaic earning present earns present earnt 1st_sg

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