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earn BrE /ɜːn/
NAmE /ɜːrn/► SEE ALLearn a/your crustearn your keepwin/earn your spurs
●ˌearn a/your ˈcrust (BrE, informal) earn enough money to live on 谋生；挣钱糊口◆He’s a musician now, but he used to earn a crust by cleaning windows.
他现在已是音乐家了，但他过去曾靠擦窗户谋生。 NOTE The crust is the hard, outer surface of bread. * crust 指面包表层的硬皮。 ●ˌearn your ˈkeepbe useful, helpful, successful, etc. enough to balance any costs that you cause 作用足以抵成本；值得雇用（或豢养）；物有所值◆Jill more than earns her keep with the help she gives me around the house.
雇用吉尔很合算，工作之余她还帮我料理家务。◆Though it’s expensive to buy and maintain, the new computer is earning its keep as we’ve been able to reduce the number of staff.
虽然购买和维护这台新计算机花去很多钱，但还是物有所值，因为我们减少了员工人数。●win/earn your ˈspurs (formal) become successful or famous 取得成功；获得名望◆You’ll win your spurs as a teacher if you can control class 5.如果你能镇住 5 班的学生，你这个老师就出名了。 |