Emolument
[ɪ'mɒljʊm(ə)nt;e-]
解释:
(noun.) compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees); 'a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes'.
盖尔校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
昌西整理
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Gain, lucre, pay, compensation, wages, salary, stipend, hire, pecuniary profit.[2]. Advantage, profit, benefit.
校对:桑福德
同义词及反义词:
[See PROFIT]
切丽录入
解释:
n. advantage: profit arising from employment as salary or fees.—adj. Emolumen′tal.
录入:泰茜
例句:
- It is a lucrative source of emolument, and sometimes brings into the national treasury as much as thirty-five or forty dollars a year. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Have you posts of profitable pecuniary emolument? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- He has been for some time particularly desirous to serve his country in a post of good emoluments, unaccompanied by any trouble or responsibility. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The office of judge is in itself so very honourable, that men are willing to accept of it, though accompanied with very small emoluments. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The emoluments of offices, therefore, can, in most cases, very well bear to be taxed. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
德洛丽丝整理