amount of money one makes (from labor or investment), 1732, from plural of verbal noun earning, from earn (v.). Old English had earnung in sense "fact of deserving; what one deserves; merit, reward, consideration, pay," but the modern word seems to be a new formation.
雙語例句
1. At the highest executive levels earnings and performance aren't always correlated.
在最高管理層，收入與工作表現(xiàn)并不總是相關的。
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2. The merger puts the firm in a position to triple its earnings.
合并可使公司利潤增長兩倍。
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3. To keep it going, Lenoire kicked in her own earnings from acting.
為了使它繼續(xù)下去，勒努瓦捐出了自己演戲掙的錢。
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4. There has been a falling-off in box office income and other earnings.
票房及其他收入已經下降。
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5. Company executives say revamped merchandising should help Macy's earnings to grow.