挣

• I earned damn all last week .
  我上星期分文没挣。
• When they get old enough to work they bring in money .
  等到他们长大能工作时，就能挣到钱。
• He was a rich man and he had made every penny himself .
  他是个富翁，但他的钱都是自己挣来的。
• You brought me good luck, and i have come back a rich man .
  你给了我吉利，我居然挣了钱回来。
• It wouldn't look right if i was earning more than he was .
  假如我挣的比他多，那将是不公平的。
• He's got a position where he is able to knock down good money .
  他找到了一个可以挣大钱的职位。
• For a time we took in sewing to earn a little money .
  有一段时间，我们接针线活做，来挣一点钱。
• It arched coldly and remotely from the jungle beneath it .
  它冷漠而孤高的身影挣出了莽莽的丛林。
• She was a servant-maid at 3 pounds a year wages, or thereabouts.
  她是个每年只挣三个金镑左右的女仆。
• Be realistic -- you can not expect a big salary at eighteen .
  实际一点吧你不能指望十八岁就挣高薪。