Well-earned

释义 Definition

来之不易的；当之无愧的（指通过努力、付出或长时间积累而理应获得的回报、赞誉或成果）。也常写作 well earned。

发音 Pronunciation (IPA)

/ˌwel ˈɝːnd/

例句 Examples

After the marathon, she enjoyed a well-earned rest.
马拉松结束后，她享受了来之不易的休息。

His well-earned reputation was built on years of careful research and honest reporting.
他当之无愧的声誉建立在多年严谨研究与诚实报道之上。

词源 Etymology

由副词 well（“很好地；充分地”）+ 动词过去分词 earned（“挣得的；获得的”）构成，字面意思是“充分挣来的”，引申为“凭努力应得的、当之无愧的”。

相关词 Related Words

• Deserved
• Hard-won
• Earned
• Merited
• Justified
• Long-awaited
• Well-deserved

文学作品 Literary Works

• Jane Eyre（Charlotte Brontë）
• Middlemarch（George Eliot）
• The Picture of Dorian Gray（Oscar Wilde）