🧩 词语组成解析
earnings
['ɝnɪŋz]
n. 收入，所得;工资，报酬;收益，利润;
before
[bɪ'fɔr]
prep. 在…之前;先于，优于;当着…的面;与其…;
conj. 在…之前;在…以前;比…早些;与其…;
adv. 先前，从前;在前，在前方;
be构成一些介词+fore前面→在前面
interest
['intrist]
n. 兴趣，爱好;利害关系，利益;利息;趣味，感兴趣的事;
vt. 使产生兴趣;使参与，使加入;引起…的意愿;使产生关系;
n. 税务；税捐；税收, 税金
depreciation
[diˌpri:ʃi'eiʃən]
n. （资产等）折旧;货币贬值;跌价;
🗣️ 情景例句
Give me a cup of coffee, please.
请给我一杯咖啡。
To have a discussion with the committee
在委员会讨论
In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them.
和平时期，当生意萧条时，霍克伍德便带领士兵进入某个城邦，纵火烧毁一两个农场，然后提出，如向他们缴纳保护金，他们便主动撤离。