一、详细释义：


n.

收入，所得，工资，报酬，薪水


例句：

Assembly workers were striking for all improvement in their overtime earnings.

流水线上的工人们正为提高超时工作的工资而罢工。


例句：

A discrepancy in the miscellaneous earnings column remains unaccounted for.

各项收入栏中的不吻合情况仍有待解释。


收益，利润


例句：

Generally, the higher the figure of the price, earnings ratio, the higher risk and potentialities in earning profit.

一般说来，较高的价格与收益比意味着较大的风险和较好的赚取利润的潜力。


例句：

There is a decline in our export earnings.

我们的出口利润下降了。


二、词义辨析：


earnings,allowance,income,salary,wage,pay,fee

这些名词都可表示“工资、收入”之意。 earnings多指通过劳动或投资等手段所得到的收入。 allowance指收入中的补贴部分。 income与earnings含义很相近，但前者强调总收入。 salary指按年定下，按月或星期平均给予的报酬，指脑力劳动者的薪水。 wage多用复数形式，指按小时、日或星期的报酬，通常指体力劳动者的工资。 pay是个通用词，可取代salary与wage. fee指提供某种服务收取的固定费用。


三、相关短语：


earnings report

收益报表


price-to-earnings ratio

【经】 价格和盈余比率


四、参考例句：


The company reports earnings today.

该公司今天公布业绩报告。


The company divulges earnings today.

该公司今天公布业绩报告。


Corporate retained earnings have begun to rise.

企业留存收益已开始上升。


Full-year earnings of American banks are likely to be awful.

今年美国银行业的全年盈利可能会极其糟糕。


Average earnings here are around 20,000 pounds per year.

这里的平均薪资是每年两万英镑左右。


All banks measure profit in terms of earnings per share.

银行以每一股份的赢利额来计算自己的利润。


Our total earnings are about 20 thousand dollars.

我们的总收入大约有2万美金。


A discrepancy in the miscellaneous earnings column remains unaccounted for.

各项收入栏中的不吻合情况仍有待解释。


He put all his earnings into his bank.

他将其所有的收入都存入银行。


The company’s gross earnings were £1.5 million.

公司的毛收入为150万美元。