earn是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 赚得， 挣得， 获得，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Oh," said Gudrun, "if I can have the studio and work there, I can earn money enough, really I can."
-- "Dunque, adesso maintenant I earn a thousand pounds in a year, or I earn two thousand "He looked down at the ground, his voice tailing off into silence.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'There you are, at your idle tricks again!The rest of them do earn their bread you live on my charity!Put your trash away, and find something to do.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I wonder,' thought the boy, 'if one of these gentlemen knew there was nothing in the cupboard at home, whether he'd stop on purpose, and make believe that he wanted to call somewhere, that I might earn a trifle?'
-- 'We must get more,' said the old man, 'we must earn it, Nell, hoard it up, scrape it together, come by it somehow.
-- 'We must sleep in the open air to-night, dear,' said the child in a weak voice, as they turned away from this last repulse; 'and to-morrow we will beg our way to some quiet part of the country, and try to earn our bread in very humble work.'
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Formerly he used to earn a competence, but had lost his customers, and was now given to drink, spending everything that came into his hands.
-- The fortune of my children is secure, and I earn enough to live in easy circumstances, and, therefore, my protest against your, permit me to say, ill-considered actions is not based on personal interest, but on principle.
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