earnings
noun [ plural ] uk/ˈɜː.nɪŋz/ us/ˈɝː.nɪŋz/
B2 薪水，工资
the amount of money that someone is paid for working
Average earnings for skilled workers are rising. 熟练工人的平均工资在增长。
（公司）利润
a company's profits in a particular period
Sun Microsystems reported earnings that were slightly better than the market had been expecting. 太阳微系统公司报告显示其利润比市场预期略好一些。
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- Having a big mortgage is a real drain on your earnings.
- She predicts pretax earnings of over $13 m for the company this year.
- Wages rose by 2.9% last year, but real earnings still fell by 1.3%.
- The rise in the value of the dollar has depressed the company's earnings this year.
- He got into trouble by lying to the tax office about his earnings.