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gain基本信息

读法：英 [geɪn] 美 [ɡen]

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中英词源

gain 赢得

来自PIE*weie, 努力，追寻，词源同virile, venison, Venus.原指农业收成。

gain

gain: [15] Gain is Germanic in origin, although English acquired it via Old French. Its distant ancestor is the Germanic noun *waithā. The etymological meaning of this was ‘hunting ground’ (it came ultimately from a prehistoric Indo-European base *wei-, which also produced Lithuanian vyti ‘pursue, hunt’ and Sanskrit veti, vayati ‘seeks, follows’), but gradually this extended via ‘place where food or fodder is sought’ to ‘grazing place’ (its modern German and Dutch descendant weide means ‘pasture’).

From it was formed a verb *waithanjan ‘hunt’ and ‘graze, pasture’, which Vulgar Latin took over as *gwadanjāre. This preserved the semantic dichotomy that had grown up in Germanic: the agricultural sense developed to ‘cultivate land’, and it appears that the ‘hunting’ sense gave rise metaphorically to ‘win, earn’. Both passed into Old French gaaigner, but evidently by the time English acquired the word, the former meaning had all but died out (although it is interesting to note that it was introduced into English as a pseudo-archaism in the 17th and 18th centuries: ‘Of old to gain land was as much as to till and manure it’, Termes de la ley 1708).

gain (n.)

late 15c., "that which has been acquired" (possessions, resources, wealth), from Middle French gain, from Old French gaaigne "gain, profit, advantage; work, business; booty; arable land" (12c.), from gaaignier "to gain, earn; capture, win" (see gain (v.)). Meaning "any incremental increase" (in weight, etc.) is by 1851. Related: Gains.

The original French word enfolded the notions of "profit from agriculture" and "booty, prey." Neither the verb nor the noun gain is in Middle English, which however had gainage "profit derived from agriculture" (late 14c., from Old French gaaignage); gaineier "farmer" (late 13c. as a surname); gainerie "a farm" (mid-15c.).

gain (v.)

1520s, "obtain as profit," from Middle French gagner, from Old French gaaignier "to earn, gain; trade; capture, win," also "work in the fields, cultivate land," from Frankish *waidanjan "hunt, forage," also "graze, pasture," from Proto-Germanic *waithanjan "to hunt, plunder," from *waithjo- "pursuit, hunting" (cognates: Old English waþ "hunting," German Weide "pasture, pasturage," Old Norse veiðr "hunting, fishing, catch of fish"), from PIE *weie- "to strive after, pursue with vigor, desire" (see venison). Meaning "obtain by effort or striving" is from 1540s; intransitive sense of "profit, make gain" is from 1570s. Meaning "arrive at" is from c. 1600. Of timepieces by 1861. Related: Gained; gaining. To gain on "advance nearer" is from 1719. To gain ground (1620s) was originally military.

词态变化

复数 gains;
第三人称单数 gains;
过去式 gained;
过去分词 gained;
现在分词 gaining;

权威造句

1. This is a cynical manipulation of the situation for short-term political gain.

这是为了获取短期政治利益而损人利己地对局势进行操纵。

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2. White wines tend to gain depth of colour with age.

白葡萄酒年头愈久，颜色愈深。

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3. I was able to gain invaluable experience over that year.

在那一年里我有幸获得了非常宝贵的经验。

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4. Through superior production techniques they were able to gain the competitive edge.

凭借先进的生产技术，他们得以占据竞争优势。

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5. I hoped to gain time by keeping him talking.

我希望让他一直说下去以争取时间。

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近反义词

v.

achieve

advance

capture

earn

gather

get

increase

progress

reach

win

n.

achievement

advancement

benefit

improvement

income

return

winnings

相似短语

gain on 跑得比…快,逼近,超过;赢得…的好感

gain by 通过…而获得

gain in 在…有所收获

No pain,no gain 不劳无获

No pain no gain 一分耕耘，一分收获1. No pain, no gain.没有播种，何来收获。 2. No pain no gain!不经一事，不长一智！3.NO pain, no

Pair Gain 倍增器

available gain 【电】 一可用增益

gain access to 可以获得;进入

gain an advantage over 胜过,优于

gain color v. 变红润

单词分析

这些动词均含“获得、取得、得到”之意。
acquire强调通过不断的、持续的努力而获得某物，也指日积月累地渐渐地获得。书面语用词。
obtain较正式用词，着重通过巨大努力、要求而得到所需或盼望已久的东西。
gain侧重指经过努力或有意识行动而取得某种成就或获得某种利益或好处。
get普通用词，使用广泛，可指以任何方式得到某物，也不一定要经过努力。
win主要指通过努力、斗争、比赛等而获得胜利。
earn侧重指依靠自己的劳动或因付出代价与有功而获得。
secure强调要通过努力或竞争，或需要付出代价才能获得所渴望的东西。 这些名词均有“利益、好处”之意。
advantage指因某方面占优势或利用某机会以及对方弱点而获得利益与好处。
benefit普通用词，指通过正当手段从物质或精神方面得到的任何好处或利益。
interest作“利益”解时，多用复数形式，既可指集团、群体的利益，又可指个人的利益。
favour指在竞争中获得的advantage,也可指在狭隘的个人利益。
profit着重收益，尤指从物质、钱财等方面获得的利益。
gain指获得的物质利益，也暗示不损坏他人利益而得的无形好处。

记忆方法

win 获得,赢 → gain 赢得,获得;

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