gain

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【释义】：

vt．❶ 得，获得：gain experience获得经验．gain sb．’s confidence取得某人的信任．gain time拖延时间．gain the upper hand占上风 gain over赢得：gain a victory over the enemy克敌制胜．❷ 达，到达：gain the summit到达顶峰．The swimmers gained the shore．游泳运动员们到达岸边．

－vi．❶ 进步，增进，得到：The patient gains daily．病人一天天好起来．He has gained five jin in weight．他体重增加了五斤．❷ (钟、表)走得快：My watch gains 20 seconds a day．我的表一天快二十秒．

△gain on(or upon)1)逼近，接近：The guerrillas were gaining on the enemy．游击队员向敌人逼近．2)超越：The days gain on the nights白天比黑夜长了．3)侵蚀：The sea gains on the land．海水渐渐侵蚀陆地．

－n．❶ 利益，利欲：worry about personal gain and loss患得患失．be blinded bv the lust for gain 利令智昏．❷ 增加，增进：a gain in health增进健康．a gain to knowledge增加知识．❸ (pl．)收益，获利：ill-gotten gains不义之财．No gains without pains．【谚】不劳则无获．