Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1113
gain
获得；取得
To obtain or acquire something.
- 1.
To acquire possession of.
获得；取得所有权。
- 2.
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
获益或获利；获得收益；致富；在利益、健康或幸福上增进；取得进步。
- 3.
To increase.
增加；增长。
- 4.
To reach.
到达；达到。
- 5.
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
争取到某方或某利益；赢得支持；安抚。
- 6.
To put on weight.
体重增加；发胖。
增加；增长；增重；发胖；受益；进步；到达；抵达；争取；说服
In use
She gained valuable experience from her internship.
The stock market gained 200 points today.
He gained a lot of money from his new business.
Verb forms
base gain · third person gains · -ing gaining · past gained · past participle gained
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- gain experience
- 积累经验
- Interns gain experience by working on real projects.实习生通过参与实际项目积累经验。
- gain weight
- 发胖；体重增加
- He gained weight after the holidays.假期过后他发胖了。
- gain access
- 获得访问权限；进入
- With this pass, you can gain access to the building.凭这张通行证，你可以进入大楼。
- gain confidence
- 增强信心
- She gained confidence after each presentation.每次演讲后她都增强了信心。
- gain momentum
- 势头增强；取得势头
- The campaign began to gain momentum in the final weeks.这项运动在最后几周开始势头增强。
- gain ground
Learner notes
Memory Tip
谐音‘给’：东西被‘给’到你手上，就是获得、增加。想象加薪就是 gain a raise。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常健康对话、健身/减肥讨论、医生问诊 该义项表示“体重增加/发胖”时通常为中性语体，多用于健康、饮食或健身话题，在医生问诊和日常交流中都比较自然。
Grammar Note
可作及物或不及物动词；表示‘获得’时通常及物；表示‘增加’时不及物，常接介词in。
Pronunciation & Spelling
rain, pain, main, and plane rhyme with gain /ɡeɪn/, all ending in /eɪn/. Note that captain and mountain also contain the spelling 'ain' but are pronounced /ˈkæptɪn/ and /ˈmaʊntən/, so they do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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