EARN1 to get money for your work2 to earn an amount of money after tax etc has been taken away3 to earn enough money to pay for the things that you need4 to earn a lot of money5 words for describing a job that you earn a lot from6 not earning much money7 pay that is too low8 the money that you earn9 money that you earn in addition to your usual pay10 someone who earns money11 not earn anything for work that you doRELATED WORDSsee alsoPAYWORKJOBSPEND MONEY OR TIMEMONEYPROFIT1 to get money for your work 通过工作挣钱earn /ɜːʳn/ [transitive verb]to be paid a particular amount of money for your work, especially over a period of time - earn is more formal thanmake orget〔尤指一段时期内〕挣得，赚得〔earn 比make或get正式〕 At the peak of his career, Rogers was earning more than seven million dollars a year. 罗杰斯在事业顶峰的时候，一年能挣七百多万美元。 It's not uncommon nowadays for women to earn more than their husbands. 如今妻子挣得比丈夫多已是屡见不鲜了。earn £15,000 per year/$15 an hour etc Alan earns $30,000 a year. 艾伦一年挣30,000美元。make /meɪk/ [transitive verb]to be paid a particular amount of money for your work, especially a lot of money 挣得，赚得〔尤指许多钱〕 Ella makes a lot of money. 埃拉赚钱很多。 How much to you think he makes? 你觉得他赚多少钱？make $500 a week/£25,000 per year etc Some models make millions of dollars a year. 有些模特儿一年赚好几百万美元。get /get/ [transitive verb]informalto earn a particular amount of money every hour, week etc 【非正式】〔每小时、每周等〕挣得，赚得get £10 per hour/$350 dollars a week etc My sister gets $22 an hour at her new job. 我姐姐的新工作一小时能挣22美元。 How much are you getting a week? 你一星期挣多少钱？get $25/£15 etc for doing something I got £5 for washing Nick's car. 我给尼克洗车挣了五英镑。be paid/get paid /biː ˈpeɪd, get ˈpeɪd/ [verb phrase]to earn money when you work for an employer and not for yourself 〔为雇主而不是为自己工作〕得到收入be paid £50/$200 etc City maintenance workers are paid around $250 a week. 城市维护工人一周收入有250美元左右。 We get paid every two weeks. 我们每两个星期拿一次薪水。be on /biː ˈɒn/ [verb phrase]British informalto earn a particular amount of money each year 【英，非正式】年薪为 Claire's on a very good salary. 克莱尔年薪很高。 In January, I'll be on £23,350. 1月份，我的年薪将达到23,350英镑。 How much were you on in your last job? 你上一份工作年薪是多少？gross /grəʊs/ [transitive verb]especially Americanto earn a particular amount of money each year, before tax has been taken away - use this especially to talk about companies or businesses making money 【尤美】获得…总利润〔指每年除税前的收入，尤用于指公司或企业所赚的钱〕 Jack grosses $58,000 a year, but he has to pay taxes and health insurance out of that. 杰克一年的总利润为58,000美元，但是其中还要交税和付医疗保险。 Walmax, a California superstore, grosses more than eight million dollars annually. 沃玛克斯是加州的一家超级市场，每年总利润有八百多万美元。gross over/more than If you gross over $100,000, you should consult a good tax accountant. 如果你的税前收入超过100,000美元，就应当找一位出色的税务会计咨询一下。2 to earn an amount of money after tax etc has been taken away 在缴付所得税等之后挣得一定数额的钱take home /ˌteɪk ˈhəʊm/ [verb phrase]to earn a certain amount of money, after tax etc has been taken away from your pay 挣得〔税后实际收入〕 Lidia takes home only about $150 a week. 莉迪娅一周实际只挣得150美元左右。 Did you know that plumbers can take home as much as $40,000 a year? 你知道吗，水管工一年能挣到四万美元呢。take-home pay /ˈteɪk həʊm ˌpeɪ/ [noun phrase]the pay remaining after tax has been taken away 〔税后的〕实际所得 My dad's take-home pay was around £50 a week when he first started out. 我爸爸才开始的时候一周的实得工资是50英镑左右。net /net/ [transitive verb]to earn a particular amount of money as a profit after tax has been paid - use this especially to talk about companies or businesses making money 净赚〔指税后收入，尤用于指公司或企业所赚的钱〕 For the first three months of 1990, Starcorp netted $547 million. 思达可公司在1990年的头三个月里净赚了5.47亿美元。 Donna got a raise in February, but she's still only netting $19,000 a year. 唐娜2月份加薪了，但是她一年净收入还是只有19，000美元。clear /klɪəʳ/ [transitive verb]to earn a particular amount of money after tax etc has been taken away, especially in a job where you work for yourself 净赚，净收入为〔尤指为自己干的工作〕 Sandra cleared £50,000 last year. 桑德拉去年净赚了50,000英镑。 A good lawyer can clear $250,000 a year easily. 一名出色的律师一年轻轻松松可以净赚250,000美元。3 to earn enough money to pay for the things that you need 挣足够的钱购买所需要的东西earn/make a living /ˌɜːʳn, ˌmeɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ/ [verb phrase]to earn enough money to pay for the things that you or your family need 谋生earn/make a living by doing something As an engineer, you can earn a living anywhere in the world. 作为一个工程师，你在世界各地都能谋生。 It's difficult to make a living as a writer. 靠写作谋生很困难。 Nordstrom earned his living by teaching violin. 诺德斯特姆以教小提琴为生。earn a good/decent livingearn more than enough 过不错/体面的生活 A programmer earns a pretty decent living. 程序员收入不菲。support yourself/your family /səˌpɔːʳt jɔːʳˈself, jɔːʳ ˈfæməli/ [verb phrase]to pay for the things that you or your family need out of the money that you earn, especially when you are the only person in the family who is earning money 养活自己/家人〔尤当自己是家中唯一有收入的人时〕 After his father died, Peter had to quit school and support the family. 父亲去世后，彼得不得不辍学去挣钱养家。 Hank supported himself for years by doing construction work. 汉克多年来就靠做建筑工养活自己。 I have no idea how he's supporting himself. 我不知道他是怎么养活自己的。earn your keep /ˌɜːʳn jɔːʳ ˈkiːp/ [verb phrase]to earn enough money to pay for your food and other needs, especially when someone has been supporting you until now 自谋生活，挣钱养活自己〔尤指之前是靠别人供养的〕 It's time you got a job and started earning your keep. 是到你找工作养活自己的时候了。4 to earn a lot of money 挣很多钱make a fortunealsomake a bombBritish /ˌmeɪk ə ˈfɔːʳtʃən, ˌmeɪk ə ˈbɒmǁ-ˈbɑːm/ [verb phrase]to earn a very large amount of money 挣大钱；发财 The person who invented Post-It notes must have made a fortune. 发明报事贴的人肯定发大财了。make a fortune (by) doing something Roger makes a fortune buying and selling real estate. 罗杰买卖房地产挣了很多钱。make your fortunebecome rich 发财 Jules made his fortune in the liquor business. 朱尔斯是做酒类生意发财的。earn/make good money /ˌɜːʳn, ˌmeɪk gʊd ˈmʌni/ [verb phrase]to be paid a lot of money by the person or company you work for, or a lot of money from your own business 〔为别人干活或自己做生意〕赚很多钱 Milos earns good money as a foreman. 迈洛斯做工头收入很高。 Dan is making good money now, but for years we really struggled. 丹现在挣很多钱，但是有许多年我们过得很艰难。highly-paid/well-paid /ˌhaɪli ˈpeɪd◂, ˌwel ˈpeɪd◂/ [adjective]earning a lot of money 工资高的，高薪的 Most engineers are very well-paid. 大多数工程师薪水都很高。 Dr. Singh is one of the most highly-paid surgeons in Britain. 辛格医生是英国报酬最高的外科医生之一。rake it in /ˈreɪk ɪt ɪn/ [verb phrase]informalto earn a lot of money quickly 【非正式】迅速挣大钱 Athletes rake it in these days. 如今运动员赚钱很快。somebody must be raking it in What a car! Jasper must be raking it in. 多好的车啊！贾斯珀一定是赚大钱了。be overpaid /ˌəʊvəʳˈpeɪd/ [verb phrase]to be paid more money for your work than you should be paid 报酬过高 In my opinion, lawyers are overpaid and underworked. 在我看来，律师酬金过高、工作过少。5 words for describing a job that you earn a lot from 描写一个工作能挣很多钱的单词well-paid/highly paid /ˌwel ˈpeɪd◂, ˌhaɪli ˈpeɪd◂/ [adjective] There are not enough women in well-paid, responsible jobs. 任高薪重要职位的女性不多。pay well /ˌpeɪ ˈwel/ [verb phrase]if work or a jobpays well, the workers are paid a lot of money for doing it 报酬高 Boring jobs often pay well. 乏味单调的工作往往报酬高。 Modelling usually pays very well but the work is not very regular. 模特儿职业一般报酬都很高，但是工作不是很稳定。lucrative /ˈluːkrətɪv/ [adjective]work or a particular type of business that islucrative earns a lot of money for the people who do it 〔工作或某个行业〕很赚钱的 Transferred from Barcelona to Naples, Maradona signed a highly lucrative three-year contract. 马拉多纳从巴塞罗那转会到那不勒斯，签了一份酬金很高的三年期合同。 An increase in consumer demand has made sports shoe retailing a lucrative business. 消费者需求的增长使运动鞋零售业成了赚钱的行业。6 not earning much money 挣钱不多的low-paid /ˌləʊ ˈpeɪd◂/ [adjective usually before noun]low-paid workers do not earn much money for their work.Low-paid work is work that people do not get paid much money for 〔工人或工作〕低薪的 a low-paid mechanic 薪水低的机械工low-paid job The jobs centre seems to list only low-paid temporary jobs. 就业中心似乎只列出报酬很低的临时性工作。be badly-paid /biː ˌbædli ˈpeɪd/ [verb phrase]if someone is badly paid, they do not earn much money for their work - use this when you think someone should earn much more money 〔某人〕报酬不好 A lot of people think that nurses are badly-paid. 许多人认为护士的报酬不高。get peanuts/work for peanuts /get ˈpiːnʌts, ˌwɜːʳk fəʳ ˈpiːnʌts/ [verb phrase]informalto be paid very little money 【非正式】挣得很少的钱 Jobs are so hard to find that people are willing to work for peanuts. 工作很难找，只挣点芝麻小钱的活人们也愿意去干。not pay well /nɒt ˈpeɪ wel/ [verb phrase]if work or a jobdoes not pay well, the people who do it do not receive much money, especially considering the amount of work they have to do, the amount of knowledge they need to have etc 〔工作〕报酬不高〔不好〕〔尤指从所需的劳动和知识等来看〕 It used to be accepted that teaching didn't pay very well, but things have changed a lot. 以前大家都认为教书的工资不高，如今却大不一样了。slave labourBritish/slave laborAmerican /ˌsleɪv ˈleɪbəʳ/ [uncountable noun]if you say that what someone is paid isslave labour, you mean that they are paid very little money even though they have to work extremely hard, and this is unfair 奴隶的劳动，报酬极低的工作 £50 a week? That's slave labour! 一星期50英镑？那是做苦力！ Working for them is slave labor - they only pay five bucks an hour. 给他们工作就是做苦力——他们一小时只给五美元。7 pay that is too low 太低的报酬low pay /ˌləʊ ˈpeɪ/ [uncountable noun] Low pay is one of the disadvantages of working in publishing. 低薪是从事出版行业的缺点之一。 These jobs are unattractive because of low pay and inadequate training. 这些工作没有吸引力，因为报酬低，培训机会也不多。a pittance /ə ˈpɪtəns/ [singular noun]an unfairly small amount of money paid to someone for their work 很少的报酬 In the 19th century, children worked long hours in factories for a pittance. 在19世纪，工厂的童工工时长，报酬却少得可怜。 Compared to what some people earn, my salary is a pittance. 和有些人赚的钱相比，我这点薪水微不足道。peanuts /ˈpiːnʌts/ [plural noun]informalan unfairly small amount of money paid to someone for their work 【非正式】很少的报酬 ‘It's not fair,’ she said. ‘He pays me peanuts, and he expects me to work late as well.’ “这不公平，”她说道，“他给这么一点点钱，却还要我干到很晚。”8 the money that you earn 你所挣的钱pay /peɪ/ [uncountable noun]the money that you earn by working 工资；报酬 ‘What's the pay?’ ‘About $10 an hour.’ “报酬如何？”“一小时十美元左右。” The worst thing about being a nurse is the low pay. 当护士最不好的就是报酬低。sick paypay that you get when you are ill and cannot work 病假工资 Joe's been receiving sick pay since the accident. 乔自从遭遇事故之后就一直在领病假工资。salary /ˈsæləri/ [countable noun]the money that someone is paid every month by their employer, especially someone who is in a profession, such as a teacher or a manager 月工资，月薪；薪金〔尤指教师或经理等专业人士的工资〕a salary of £100,000/$10,000 etc The university provides a salary of $3,000 a month plus benefits. 该大学月薪3,000美元，另加各种福利。 Johansen reportedly earns an annual salary of $4 million. 据说约翰森年薪400万美元。be on a salarybe earning a salary 薪水为… I joined the company in 1985, on a salary of $22,000 a year. 我1985年进这家公司，年薪22,000美元。a good/high salary Our daughter makes a good salary, but she really works for it. 我们的女儿工资很高，但干得也辛苦。wagealsowages /weɪdʒ, ˈweɪdʒz/ []the money that someone is paid every week by their employer, especially someone who works in a factory, shop etc 〔尤指在工厂、商店等工作的〕周薪；工钱 Elvina earns an hourly wage of $11. 埃尔维纳的时薪为11美元。 Without qualifications it's nearly impossible to get a job with decent wages. 没有资历几乎不可能找到工资像样的工作。minimum wagethe lowest amount of money that can legally be paid per hour to a worker 最低工资 Most of the new jobs in the area only pay the minimum wage. 这个领域的新工作岗位大多只给最低工资。income /ˈɪŋkʌm, ˈɪn-/ [countable/uncountable noun]all the money that you receive regularly, for work or for any other reason 〔定期的〕收入 Braund's annual income is just over $40,000. 布朗德的年收入是四万美元多一点。 The amount of tax you have to pay depends on your income. 交多少税要看你收入是多少。be on a low incomereceive very little money 低收入 Families on low incomes are eligible for state benefits. 低收入家庭可享受政府津贴。income from Richard has a comfortable income from his salary and his investments. 理查德的薪水和投资加在一起，收入很可观。earnings /ˈɜːʳnɪŋz/ [plural noun]the total amount of money you earn from any work you do 所挣的钱，收入 Most single mothers spend a large part of their earnings on childcare. 大多数单身母亲很大一部分收入都用在小孩身上。 The average worker's earnings have not kept up with inflation. 工人的平均收入跟不上通货膨胀。fee /fiː/ [countable noun]money paid to a professional person such as a doctor or lawyer for a piece of work 〔付给医生或律师等专业人士的〕酬金；服务费 Dr Allison charges a fee of $90 for a consultation. 艾利森医生一次会诊收取90美元诊金。 Last year IBM paid $12 million in legal fees to a single law firm. 去年国际商业机器公司单向一家律师事务所就付了1，200万美元的律师费。 The fee for the standard structural survey is £175. 标准的结构测量费用是175英镑。9 money that you earn in addition to your usual pay 除正常工资以外所挣的钱overtime /ˈəʊvəʳtaɪm/ [uncountable noun]money that is paid to someone for additional hours that they have worked 加班费 Last week Alex earned $300, including ten hours of overtime. 上星期亚历克斯挣了300美元，包括十小时的加班费。 Teachers never get paid overtime. 老师从来没有加班工资。bonus /ˈbəʊnəs/ [countable noun]money added to someone's pay, especially as a reward for good work 奖金；红利 Liz earned a £1000 bonus for being the best salesperson of the year. 莉兹因为是年度最佳销售员，拿到了1,000英镑的奖金。 The management offered a large bonus to those workers who stayed to the end of the contract. 管理层给做满合同期的工人发放一大笔奖金。commission /kəˈmɪʃən/ [uncountable noun]money earned by someone whose job is to sell things, based on the value of what they sell 佣金〔根据销售额计算〕 His basic salary is low, but he gets 20% commission on everything he sells. 他基本工资很低，但是卖出每件东西可以收取20%的佣金。be on commissionreceive commission every time you sell something 薪水按销售额来计算 Most insurance agents are on commission, and some earn a lot of money. 大多数保险代理人都按营业额提成，有的能赚很多钱。tip /tɪp/ [countable noun]a small amount of money in addition to the ordinary payment, which you give to someone such as a waiter or taxi-driver 〔付给服务员或出租车司机等的〕小费，小账 The boy carried my suitcases up to my room and then stood waiting for a tip. 那男孩帮我把旅行箱拎到我房间，然后就站着等我给小费。 We finished our lunch and left a tip on the table for the waiter. 我们吃完午饭，在桌上留了点小费给服务员。tip [transitive verb]give someone a ti 付小费给 She tipped the taxi-driver. 她给了出租车司机一些小费。fringe benefits /ˌfrɪndʒ ˈbenfɪts/ [plural noun]the additional things such as holiday pay, free food, or free health insurance, which a worker receives in addition to their pay 附加福利〔指工人工资以外的待遇，包括带薪假期、免费用餐、免费医疗保险等〕 The salary isn't very high, but fringe benefits include free health insurance and a company car. 薪水不是很高，但是附加福利包括免费医疗保险和公司配车。perk /pɜːʳk/ [countable noun]something valuable or enjoyable that you get from your work apart from pay, especially something you get unofficially 外快；额外好处 One of the perks of working for a fashion designer is that you get to wear lots of nice clothes. 给时装设计师工作的好处之一是能穿很多漂亮的衣服。 It's not always fun being an air hostess, but the perks are good. 当空姐并不总是很有意思，但好处不少。 The professors regard foreign travel as a perk, and they go to all the international conferences. 教授们把出国当成是一项额外待遇，所有国际性会议都会出席。10 someone who earns money 挣钱的人the breadwinner /ðə ˈbredwɪnəʳ/ [singular noun]the person in a family who earns most of the money that the family needs 挣钱养家的人 Many people still expect the man to be the breadwinner. 有许多人仍然认为男人应该养家。wage-earner /ˈweɪdʒ ˌɜːʳnəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who has a job and earns wages 挣工资的人 Jim is the family's main wage earner. 吉姆是家里主要挣钱的人。 Families without wage-earners must seek relief from government social security programs. 没有工资收入的家庭必须依靠政府的社会保障计划寻求救济。11 not earn anything for work that you do 做工不挣取任何东西unpaid /ˌʌnˈpeɪd◂/ [adjective]anunpaid worker does not get paid for the work that he or she does;unpaid work is work that you do but do not get paid for 不收报酬的；无偿的 Amir worked as an unpaid informant for the internal security service 阿米尔是国内安全机构不取报酬的线人。 Coburn works 20 to 25 unpaid hours a week for the organization. 科伯恩为该组织每周无偿工作20到25小时。voluntaryalsovolunteerAmerican /ˈvɒləntəriǁˈvɑːlənteri, ˌvɒlənˈtɪəʳ‖ˌvɑː-/ [adjective]voluntary work is done by people who want to do it, without expecting to be paid for it 义务的，志愿的 Since retiring Martha has been doing voluntary work for the Red Cross. 玛莎自从退休以后就为红十字会做志愿工作。voluntary worker/helper etc Most charities depend on the services of volunteer workers. 大多数慈善机构依靠志愿人员的服务。