动词 earn:

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

2. acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

earnvt.赚得；赢得；获得earn a profit获得利润earn her keepvi.挣生活费(值得雇用)earn lawfully合法收入earning ratio[经] 企业利润率earn my breadvi.糊口(谋生)earn interest获利息earning powern.赚钱能力earn a degree获得学位earning cycle收益周期earn a dollar挣一元

1. He paid it back out of his earning.
   他用挣的钱把它偿还了。
2. The prices shy rocketed, and all the expenses swallowed all my earning up.
   物价飞涨，开支耗去了我所有的工资。
3. He supplemented his earning by taking a night work.
   他通过晚上工作来补充收入的不足。
4. He is such a fine designer that his earning power is very large.
   他是为出色的设计家，收入很高。