Earning

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earn

(n.) That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.

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• I stimulated myself into such a heat, and got so out of breath, that I felt as if I had been earning I don't know how much. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Perfectly resigned to his discharge, he devoted himself to getting well, preparing for business, and earning a home for Meg. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Say there is anything again earning it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Tupman had no objection to earning the reputation at so cheap a rate: so he looked very knowing, and smiled mysteriously. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• As often as I can, said Charley, opening her eyes and smiling, because of earning sixpences and shillings! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• We lived so simply and quietly that the income which I was now steadily earning sufficed for all our wants. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I leave you to judge what a damp way of earning a living mine is. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• So Jo was satisfied with the investment of her prize money, and fell to work with a cheery spirit, bent on earning more of those delightful checks. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I am making no money--earning nothing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• What we loosely call syndicalism is a tendency that no statesman can overlook to-day without earning the jeers of his children. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I paced up and down the room, humming a tune under my breath to keep up my spirits and feeling that I was thoroughly earning my fifty-guinea fee. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Nor was Podder behindhand in earning laurels wherewith to garnish himself and Muggleton. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The earning capacity of the phonograph then, as largely now, lay in its exhibition qualities. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Now, this is better than 'earning a living,' as you say. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The life or death of a patient may be determined by the patient's diet, and the working and earning capacity of a father depends largely upon his prosaic three meals. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It is worthy of note, as to the promptness with which the Edison stations became paying properties, that four of the metered stations were earning upward of 15 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I will devote the next two days to earning what we want for the week to come, and on the third day I go to Hampshire. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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