gainful

英 [ˈɡeɪnfl]

美 [ˈɡeɪnfl]

adj.  有收益的; 有报酬的; 有利可图的

TOEFL

BNC.36076 / COCA.28673

牛津词典

adj.

• 有收益的；有报酬的；有利可图的
  used to describe useful work that you are paid for
  1. gainful employment
     有酬的工作

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 有收益的；有报酬的
  If you are ingainfulemployment, you have a job for which you are paid.
  1. ...opportunities for gainful employment.
     有酬工作的机会

英英释义

adj

• yielding a fair profit
  Synonym:paidpaying

双语例句

• The growing rate of diabetes, for example, has caused a rise in visual impairment, which can severely compromise educational opportunities, gainful employment and productivity, say health experts.
  卫生专家举例说，不断上升的糖尿病患病率已导致了视力缺陷症状不断增加，这会对教育、就业以及社会生产力造成严重影响。
• Are you in gainful employment? not engaged in a gainful occupation.
  你有有报酬的工作吗？没有从事有报酬的职业。
• Saponifying hydrolysis and oxidation process was used to recover isooctyl alcohol from the relic after vapouring 、 quality of product is above 99%, and the cost is lower, so the technology is gainful.
  本试验采用皂化氧化法，从巯基乙酸异辛酯的釜底残液中回收异辛醇，异辛醇产品含量可达99%以上，产品成本低，经济效益可观。
• In rich countries, workfare is meant to stop people living off the state rather than finding gainful employment.
  在发达国家，工作福利意味着帮助人们脱离对国家的依赖，而不是阻止人们自己去赚钱。
• While fully emphasizing profit, merchant novels also denounced the gainful and avaricious behaviors and pointed out the right way to make profits is the one with both profit and loyalty cherished.
  商贾小说在充分重视利的情况下，对唯利是图、见利忘义的行为也给予了谴责，并指出正确的求利方式应该是义利兼顾。
• For the countries with a young population, the immediate challenge is to create a dynamic economy that brings hope of gainful employment.
  对那些年轻人占人口多数的国家来说，迫在眉睫的挑战在于，要创造一个充满活力的经济，让年轻人有望拥有收入丰厚的工作。
• To receive federal aid, career colleges must prepare students for what the law calls "gainful employment" in a recognized occupation.
  为了收到联邦救助，职业学院必须使学生做好准备，能够在一个公认的行业得到“有利可图的职业”。
• For example, changes in the economy that lead to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment in general make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain.
  比如，经济方面的变化使得青年的就业机会更少，加之失业率的普遍上升，这越发使得赚钱的工作日益难找。
• Not engaged in a gainful occupation.
  没有从事有报酬的职业。
• The US woefully under-invests in education outlays for the poor, who drop out of school and then cannot find gainful employment.
  美国在贫困人群教育支出方面的投资不足令人心痛，穷人在失学后就不能找到报酬较高的工作。