earn: [OE] The underlying sense of earn is ‘gain as a result of one’s labour’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic verb *aznōjan, which was based on the noun *aznu ‘work, labour’. This seems often to have been used specifically for ‘work in the fields’, for several other related forms in the Germanic languages, such as German ernte and Gothic asans, denote ‘harvest’, which in some cases has been metaphorically extended to apply to ‘autumn’.
earn (v.)
Old English earnian "deserve, earn, merit, labor for, win, get a reward for labor," from Proto-Germanic *aznon "do harvest work, serve" (source also of Old Frisian esna "reward, pay"), denominative verb from *azno "labor" especially "field labor" (source of Old Norse önn "work in the field," Old High German arnon "to reap"), from PIE root *es-en- "harvest, fall" (cognates: Old High German aren "harvest, crop," German Ernte "harvest," Old English ern "harvest," Gothic asans "harvest, summer," Old Church Slavonic jeseni, Russian osen, Old Prussian assanis "autumn"). Also from the same root are Gothic asneis, Old High German esni "hired laborer, day laborer," Old English esne "serf, laborer, man." Related: Earned; earning.
雙語例句
1. Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying.
雷求學期間會在當地的農場幹活賺取生活費。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Players should be allowed to earn money from advertising.
應該允許運動員拍廣告掙錢。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.
年輕的指揮家們在小樂隊或小歌劇院裏嶄露頭角。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They earn their living by squatting the land and sharecropping.
他們靠擅自占用土地，按種地的收益分成為生。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The dancers can earn anything between £20 and £30 for each session.