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gainful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gain·ful /ˈɡeɪnfəl/ adjective  gainful employment/work/activity formalBEWORK FOR somebody work or activity for which you are paid 有酬雇用/工作/活动gainfully adverb gainfully employed 有酬雇用
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gainfulIt occurred to him that it might be easier to find gainful employment in Cornwall.Indeed, it has even become fashionable for women to choose dependency by repudiating ambition and gainful employment once they have children.Both surveys showed that for many people poverty was a way of life even when they were in gainful employment.How does he survive without gainful employment?In each decade of the twentieth century, fewer men over 65 have been entered in the censuses as in gainful employment.Some of us actually have gainful employment.The potential for a recession across most regions of the world will have ramifications for the prospects of expatriates in gainful employment.When in low spirits, seek gainful employment.
From Longman Business Dictionarygainfulgain‧ful /ˈgeɪnfəl/ adjective [only before a noun] formal gainful employment/work/activity work or activity for which you are paidThe United States now has a far higher proportion of its population in gainful employment than any other Western industrial economy.
gain·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
for paid you work Business which are Corpus activity or


gainful
gainful /ˈɡeɪnfəl/ adjective
gainful employment/work/activity formal work or activity for which you are paid
—gainfully adverb:
    gainfully employed


gain·fulBrE /ˈɡeɪnfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡeɪnfl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) used to describe useful work that you are paid for 有收益的;有报酬的;有利可图的gainful employment有酬的工作 gain·ful·ly BrE /ˈɡeɪnfəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡeɪnfəli/ 🔊 adverbgainfully employed被有酬雇用