詞彙精選：earnings的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
收入，所得，工資，報酬，薪水
例句：
Assembly workers were striking for all improvement in their overtime earnings.
流水線上的工人們正爲提高超時工作的工資而罷工。
例句：
A discrepancy in the miscellaneous earnings column remains unaccounted for.
各項收入欄中的不吻合情況仍有待解釋。
收益，利潤
例句：
Generally, the higher the figure of the price, earnings ratio, the higher risk and potentialities in earning profit.
一般說來，較高的價格與收益比意味着較大的風險和較好的賺取利潤的潛力。
例句：
There is a decline in our export earnings.
我們的出口利潤下降了。
二、詞義辨析：
earnings,allowance,income,salary,wage,pay,fee
這些名詞都可表示“工資、收入”之意。 earnings多指通過勞動或投資等手段所得到的收入。allowance指收入中的補貼部分。income與earnings含義很相近，但前者強調總收入。salary指按年定下，按月或星期平均給予的報酬，指腦力勞動者的薪水。wage多用複數形式，指按小時、日或星期的報酬，通常指體力勞動者的工資。pay是個通用詞，可取代salary與指提供某種服務收取的固定費用。
三、相關短語：
earnings report
收益報表
price-to-earnings ratio
【經】 價格和盈餘比率
四、參考例句：
The company reports earnings today.
該公司今天公佈業績報告。
The company divulges earnings today.
該公司今天公佈業績報告。
Corporate retained earnings have begun to rise.
企業留存收益已開始上升。
Full-year earnings of American banks are likely to be awful.
今年美國銀行業的全年盈利可能會極其糟糕。
Average earnings here are around 20,000 pounds per year.
這裏的平均薪資是每年兩萬英鎊左右。
All banks measure profit in terms of earnings per share.
銀行以每一股份的贏利額來計算自己的利潤。
Our total earnings are about 20 thousand dollars.
我們的總收入大約有2萬美金。
A discrepancy in the miscellaneous earnings column remains unaccounted for.
各項收入欄中的不吻合情況仍有待解釋。
He put all his earnings into his bank.
他將其所有的收入都存入銀行。
The company’s gross earnings were £1.5 million.
公司的毛收入爲150萬美元。
