gain/ɡeɪn/

vt

1. 正式 获得,赢得，取得

• gain the upper hand 占上风

• gain experience(a fortune) 获得经验(发财)

2. 使获得；使得到；使赢得

• gain sb. supporters 使某人获得支持者

3. 增加,增添

• The plane gained speed after it took off. 飞机起飞后越飞越快。

• gain weight 增加体重

4. (钟、表等)快

• My clock gains a minute a day. 我的钟一天快一分。

5. 正式 (经过努力)到达

• After battling against the blizzard, we finally gained our destination. 在同暴风雪搏斗之后，我们终于到达了目的地。

6. 推进(一段距离)

• At the break of dawn we had gained 15 miles. 破晓时分，我们向前推进了15英里。

vi

1. 受益，得益

• Who will gain from(或by) the policy ？谁会从这项政策中得益？

2. 增加，增进；取得进展；增进健康

• The leader of the opposition gained significantly in reputation as a result of his speech on environmental pollution. 由于发表了有关环境污染问题的演说，反对党领袖的声望大大提高了。

• You can only gain by further study. 只有通过进一步学习你才能取得进步。

• The sick man is gaining. 这人的病渐渐好起来。

3. (钟、表)走快

• This clock neither gains nor loses. 这个钟走得既不快也不慢。

词组gain on(或upon)

1. 逼近，赶上；对…占优势

• Faster! He is gaining on you. 快点，他要赶上你了!

• The days are gaining on the nights. 白天逐渐比夜晚长了。

2. 海洋侵蚀

• The sea is daily gaining on the land. 海洋每天都在侵蚀陆地。

3. 赢得…的好感

• He is gaining upon his master's heart by degrees. 他正渐渐博得主人的欢心。

gain over 把…争取过来

• The opposition party tried very hard to gain over hostile tribes. 反对党竭力争取敌对的集团

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 谚 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。