Emolument
[ɪ'mɒljʊm(ə)nt;e-]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
盖尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Gain, lucre, pay, compensation, wages, salary, stipend, hire, pecuniary profit.[2]. Advantage, profit, benefit.
校對:桑福德
同義詞及反義詞：
[See PROFIT]
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解釋/意思:
n. advantage: profit arising from employment as salary or fees.—adj. Emolumen′tal.
錄入:泰茜
例句/造句/用法:
- It is a lucrative source of emolument, and sometimes brings into the national treasury as much as thirty-five or forty dollars a year. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Have you posts of profitable pecuniary emolument? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He has been for some time particularly desirous to serve his country in a post of good emoluments, unaccompanied by any trouble or responsibility. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The office of judge is in itself so very honourable, that men are willing to accept of it, though accompanied with very small emoluments. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The emoluments of offices, therefore, can, in most cases, very well bear to be taxed. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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