•I earn $30 000 a year.我一年赚三万美元。

•How much do you earn, if you don't mind me asking?如果你不介意的话，能告诉我你赚多少钱吗？

•You can't expect to earn a living (= be paid enough money to live on) from your painting.你不能指望靠画画来维持生计。

•[+ two objects] Coffee exports earn (= give) Brazil many millions of pounds a year./Brazil earns many millions of pounds a year from coffee exports.咖啡出口每年给巴西带来的收入达数百万英镑。／巴西藉由出口咖啡每年收入达数百万英镑。

•It's been a tough six months and I feel I've earned a few weeks off.这半年可真是够辛苦的，我觉得我也该休息几周了。