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词汇 earn your keep
释义
earn your keep
  1. to do useful or helpful things in return for being allowed to live or stay somewhere挣口饭吃;为有栖身之处而工作
    • He was willing to earn his keep.他愿意干活来换取栖身之所。
  2. to be worth the amount of time or money that is being spent值得所花的时间(或金钱)
    • He felt he no longer deserved such a high salary. He just wasn't earning his keep.他认为他不应再得到那么高的薪金了。他根本不配拿那么多钱。
    • All this new technology will have to earn its keep.所有这些新技术都必须得到保留。
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