gain

【1】赢利，利润，收益

 

【例】Any loss or gain will be borne by yourselves.

你们要自负盈亏。

 

②gain前有修饰语时前面常加a (an)。

【例】The factory had a net gain of $500 000 last year.

这家工厂去年获得纯利润50万元。

 

③有时常用复数形式表示单数的意义，此时gain是n (U)。

【例】It is time to count your gains.

是考虑你们收益的时候了。

 

【2】增加

 

【例】There was a 20% gain over the last price.

价格比上一次高了20%。

 

【3】获利，赚得（钱财）

 

【例】They gained a lot of money by this deal.

从这份交易中他们赚了很多钱。

 

【4】获利

 

【例】You will gain by selling the materials as well as licence.

你们可以通过出售货物及许可证得利。

 

【5】（价格）上涨，增高

 

【例】The price of this product has gained 10%.

这种产品的价格已上涨了10%。

 

gap

差距，分歧

 

【例】Although your price is higher, the quality of your products will probably make up the gap.

虽然你方价格高了一些，你方产品的质量或许能弥补这一差距。

 

gather

【1】收集

 

【例】We are gathering fresh supplies.

我们正在组织新货源。

 

【2】推断

 

常接用that从句。

【例】I gather that this will be Mr. Brown’s first visit to Beijing.

我猜想这是布朗先生第一次访问北京。