Definition of gain in English:

gain

verb ɡeɪnɡeɪn

[with object]

1Obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable)
获得，得到，取得（想得到的、有利的或有利可图的事物）
we gained entry to the car in five seconds
with two objects their blend of acoustic pop gained them several chart hits
他们不用电声乐器把民歌曲调的流行音乐融合起来，这使他们几次上了畅销唱片排行榜。
Example sentencesExamples
- Networking is an integral part of advancing your career and gaining valuable knowledge and experience.
- Competitive advantage is gained by receiving and leveraging relevant information in real-time.
- Therefore, valuable knowledge on vertebrate evolution would be gained by obtaining a complete coelacanth genome sequence.
- The experience gained by the six at the higher level will surely stand them in good stead throughout the league campaign and will hopefully brush off on their Mayo team-mates.
- Entry was gained by the back door of the premises.
- Combining information gained by officers with intelligence from the hotline, a series of busts were carried out in July, which resulted in 16 arrests.
- The seven-fish haul gained by my accomplished boat partner would suggest that sinking lines are the order of the day, certainly when conditions are cool with a scoorie wind.
- But the price of what we have gained by that process is eternal vigilance.
- The experience gained by the officials should lead the Authority to prompt action in the future to avoid repetition of a similar situation so that there could be an orderly development of the City.
- Awards are displayed within the depot of achievements gained by individuals.
- As for swings gained by Labor, a statistically significant correlation was evident for men earning up to $39 a week.
- Entry was gained by forcing the window at the rear of the premises.
- Of course, downpours can come at any time, but there are some advantages to be gained by changing the date - particularly that it would also enable schools to become involved.
- The investigators say that if clinicians are confident of findings obtained bimanually, little is likely to be gained by speculum examination.
- The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get.
- He admits that he seriously thought of quitting the ring, and went from being a stoppage specialist to a fighter whose wins were gained by displaying superior boxing skills over the distance.
- Surely his brand-new team would want to derive the confidence to be gained by a few hard-won results before launching themselves?
- Evidence of this kind cannot be elicited through surveys based on self-reports; it can, however, be gained by other methods.
- What is gained by insulting half of your audience?
- It might sound divisive but blacks have tried to make it work for a long time; it is the whites who simply cannot let go of white supremacy and privilege and what has been gained by those ideals.
Synonyms
obtain, get, acquire, come by, procure, secure, attain, achieve, earn, win, capture, clinch, pick up, carry off, reap, gather
receive, be given, be awarded, come away with
informal land, net, bag, pot, scoop, wangle, swing, score, nab, collar, cop, hook, get one's hands on, get one's mitts on, get hold of, walk away with, walk off with
1. 1.1no object Benefit.
  managers would gain from greater openness
  Example sentencesExamples
  Regrettably, the US government has the fervent support of our government, apparently in the belief that we have a duty to stand by the US and will gain from doing so.
  Tickets are £75 and charities to gain from the evening are Macmillan Cancer Relief and Friends of Mitchell House.
  Who is likely to gain from the ensuing panic - except for law firms, currently lining up to bring DVT cases against airlines?
  On the other hand voluntary euthanasia can be open to abuse, perhaps someone may gain from the patients demise and they intend to get rid of this patient at any cost.
  Up to 450 patients now receiving treatment at the trust's hospitals could gain from the new system, due to start within the next two months.
  For a start, all the various contenders thrashing about in the struggle to take over the Conservative party would surely gain from having experts in expediency to consult.
  Some may be better off taking retirement benefits before A-Day, while others would gain from waiting until the new regime comes in.
  The soccer club stood to gain from the rent O2 would be paying but the parents of young tennis club members were concerned about possible health risks from the transmitter.
  Patients on wards for the elderly will be the first to gain from the changes which will eventually see all Nightingale wards modernised and an end to mixed sex accommodation.
  In Wales, the tourism industry feels it could gain from the war rather than from the influence of holidaying Hollywood couples.
  The original capital remains in the estate, but the beneficiaries gain from the growth on the investment as it is free from inheritance tax.
  Further, those who will gain from the agreement are completely different from those who benefited from the old strategy.
  Patients in this group stand to gain from the benefit of lower early thrombosis rates with myelosuppressive medications.
  A fine line that should be trod wisely in order to create a future where everyone can gain from the benefits of using this technology.
  One farmer who stands to gain from the lifting of the ban is Robin Spence, who produces around 1,200 cattle for the beef market every year from his land near Lockerbie.
  Only the star presenters stand to gain from all this.
  Even customers who don't borrow might gain from switching.
  Economic development has played a key role in improving the environment for many millions of people, although many more could gain from its benefits in the future.
  Farmers will gain from the extension of the growing season but soil moisture and reduced rainfall in summer could also prove harmful.
  The Liberals will hope to do as well as at the general election and the Scottish Nationalists to gain from mid-term Government unpopularity at Westminster.
  Synonyms
  profit, make money, reap financial reward, reap benefits, benefit
  do well out of, make capital out of
  informal make a killing, milk, cash in on
2. 1.2archaic Win over to one's interest or views.
  〈古〉使…（转而）支持自己的利益；使…（转而）信服自己的观点；将…争取过来
  to gratify the queen, and gain the court
  讨好女王，拉拢王室成员。
2Reach or arrive at (a destination)
到达（想要到的目的地）
we gained the ridge
我们爬上了山脊。
Example sentencesExamples
- Many people found it difficult to justify the near 88,000 Allied men lost for every one mile gained in the advance.
Synonyms
reach, arrive at, get to, come to, get as far as, make, make it to, attain, set foot on
end up at, land up at, fetch up at
informal hit, wind up at
1. 2.1gain onno object Come closer to (a person or thing pursued)
  逼近，接近（被追赶的人或物）
  a huge bear was gaining on him with every stride
  正步步向他逼近的一只大熊。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And then it happened, that no name horse from out of nowhere started gaining on our Smarty!
  And, the earning power of female chief executive officers is gaining on their male counterparts, according to survey results from 244 nonprofits.
  And if the next public poll shows him gaining on Cruz, Arnold can use that as part of his storyline.
  I am not sure how many more hours this poll is open, but today's results show that I am gaining on second place!
  On the other hand, the Canadian dollar gained on the greenback, adding 2 percent on the week to $1.0883.
  You're still on the good side of 50%, but you're gaining on it.
  Within a second, he had gained on me enough to only have to take a step closer to kiss me.
  Somehow she was rowing smoothly through the slop, gaining on me at what seemed like four or five feet per stroke.
  In soccer, a youthful, talented, driven U.S. team with a chip on its shoulder keeps gaining and gaining on the rest of the world.
  Well, here I am almost two months in and I'm gaining on the stupid people!
  It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other.
  ‘I was gaining on the lead Corvette before I was obliged to execute the drive through penalty’ Chris said.
  There is only 2 days left and Zimbabwe is gaining on me.
  Synonyms
  catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near
3Increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed)
增加某物的数量或比率（尤指重量或速度）
I have gained weight over the years
Example sentencesExamples
- So the area that has had the fat suctioned out of it is less likely to gain weight or increase in fat because there are fewer fat cells in the area.
- See your GP, midwife or health visitor for advice if you are worried that you aren't gaining weight at the correct rate.
- If he gains weight, decrease the amount you feed.
- It gained speed and momentum quickly due to its gross weight and a slight decline in the paved surface.
- With the democratic steamroller gaining speed, even United Nations officials in Baghdad are increasingly optimistic.
- He used to eat, like, 30 pieces of fruit a day, and he said, I don't know why I'm gaining weight.
- Circulating within the cluster, some of these pairs might gain enough speed to escape the cluster altogether.
- Boys and girls did not significantly differ in the perception that their mothers encouraged them to gain weight and increase muscle tone.
- An airplane in a spin does not gain airspeed and its rate of descent is relatively slow.
- Results also showed that women who gained weight after age 18 were at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma.
- Bureaucratic inertia propelling toxic waste disposal in Nevada is monumental and increasingly unwavering, gaining speed since 1982.
- A BMI of under 18 also means you are at increased risk of heart disease and need to gain some weight.
- Those who gained weight or remained the same had an increased mortality rate of only 2 percent.
- When the economy gains speed and interest rates rise, as they have, it's only natural that homeowners cut back on turning their housing wealth into cash.
- Long legs are also vital for endurance running, because speed is gained by increasing the length, not rate, of strides.
- People who stop smoking can gain weight simply because smoking suppresses the appetite and increases the metabolism.
- It is normal and healthy to gain weight gradually over the course of a pregnancy.
- The bowler was reportedly putting more weight on his leg to gain speed and not using his arms.
- You might also see an increase in chest size if you gain weight.
- Disturbingly, it also contains creatine, a compound taken by athletes to help them to gain weight and build muscle.
Synonyms
increase in, put on, add on, build up
acquire more of something
1. 3.1no object Increase in value.
  （价值）增长
  shares gained for the third day in a row
  股票价格也连续第三天上涨了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Steel shares gained sharply on the bourses, partly on hopes that Arcelor's move would spur consolidation in the fragmented Indian industry.
  Aegis shares gained 10% to 125.25p in Friday's trade as traders reckoned other bidders could be flushed out by the move.
  By noon, its shares had gained 11 pence to 141.5p.
  The share price gained to $4.90 on the Nasdaq late last week.
  And yet EMI's share price has gained over 40 per cent since 2004 started.
  Restaurant receipts gained 3.5 per cent in value in the first quarter after dropping 9.7 per cent last year.
  Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has gained 30% in the same period.
  Over the course of the week, shares gained 4p to close at 69.6p. Shares have more than doubled since January.
  At yesterday's 560p closing share price, Value Investor readers had gained 14%.
  Intel's share price has been gaining steadily and from a US economic perspective it will be seen as a bellwether as far as indicting the state of the high technology sector.
  Shares in Smart Telecom gained 1.3% on the London market yesterday, valuing the company at €50m.
  Tesco gained again, increasing its share to 29.8 per cent from 29.5 per cent in March.
  The overall share market gained 0.9 of one per cent today, ignoring a weak lead from Wall Street.
  Within the index, 190 stocks gained, 319 stocks fell while 48 were unchanged.
  The LuSE all share index gained from 1,190.47 points in the previous week to 1,230.10, translating in a rise of 3.32 percentage points.
  First Commercial shares have gained 7.4 percent in the same period.
  Greencore's share price has gained only fractionally since Desmond began his stake building in 1999.
  The Irish Technology Share Index gained just 0.8 per cent to 5207.02.
  The share price gained early in the week, but fell again on Thursday and Friday to close at around $19.55 on the Nasdaq.
  Blue chips and technology shares gained heavily Monday, pushing the index up sharply, Hong Kong analysts said.
  Synonyms
  earn, bring in, make, get, get paid, pocket, clear, gross, net, realize
  informal rake in, haul in, bag
2. 3.2gain inno object Improve or advance in (some respect)
  改善，提高
  canoeing is gaining in popularity
  划独木舟越来越时兴了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Western reporters talking mainly to the urban middle class also got a false sense that his list might be gaining in popularity.
  Another general point about the focus group method is that, while it is gaining in popularity at the moment, it is by no means a new technique.
  The performances are improving and gaining in confidence.
  The verdict was that camp drafting is a sport gaining in popularity.
  Bottom lifts, however, are gaining in popularity here.
  This facility, Mary tells us is gaining in popularity.
  What I gained in readership or ad revenue was not worth the respect I lost for myself.
  Here's proof: there are vernacular Valentine cards to be had, and they seem to be gaining in popularity with each V-Day.
  The location has been gaining in popularity - so much so that parks officials want to stop renting it out unless the event holds some prestige value for the city.
  The island is currently gaining in popularity.
  Rosé champagnes are serious wines which are gaining in popularity.
  We are gaining in power, we deserve respect - and complimentary drinks.
  This holiday season, LEDs are gaining in popularity as bulbs for Christmas lights.
  Cookery courses abroad are also gaining in popularity.
  The children's yoga course is now in its second term and is gaining in popularity, and it is immediately obvious that the studio is child-friendly.
  The last one in particular is great stuff; I guess now that he's dead his time has come and he's gaining in popularity.
  Like a snowball rolling downhill, the software-as-a-service platform is gaining in size and depth as vendors continue to add on more and more components to the core hosted application.
  More and more support has been given to the West on Track campaign that is gaining in popularity at present.
  This utter tripe that is reality TV seems to be gaining in popularity.
  These metals are gaining in popularity for use in jewelry and are also important in manufacturing auto converters that reduce pollution.
  Synonyms
  catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near
3. 3.3 (of a clock or watch) become fast by (a specific amount of time)
  （钟，表）走快（特定量时间）
  this atomic clock will neither gain nor lose a second in the next 1 million years
  这原子钟在今后的100万年里既不会快也不会慢1秒钟。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The new clocks would not gain or lose one second in a thousand years.
  It also depends on the constancy of its rate; meaning, that a watch gains or loses the exact same amount of time each day.

noun ɡeɪnɡeɪn

mass noun

1An increase in wealth or resources.
财富（或资源）的增长
the pursuit of personal gain
count noun shares showed gains of up to 21 per cent
水资源类股票上涨幅度达21%。
Example sentencesExamples
- Technically, water remains a public resource, but water license holders can now sell the rights to a public resource for personal gain.
- A trained barrister, he made sure that laws were passed to prevent the misuse of mineral resources for private gain.
- The company said circulation revenues continue to show solid advances on 2002, reflecting the impact of both cover price increases and market share gains.
- I viewed them willingly, helped out, gave my experienced expert opinion on what I saw freely and without personal gain.
- It all boils down to the integrity of the individual and the willingness of the individual to sink perceived personal gain for the common good when necessary.
- Ruthless pursuit of personal gain is venerated.
- Favourtism is defined by personal financial gain.
- I have to ask, if what is said above is true, why then would you keep it a secret and release the information only for personal gain?
- Additionally, with this new focus on sacrificing sustainable living for financial gain, natural resources were in greater demand than ever.
- He did not fight for personal gain, as is manifest from the fact that he was a very poor man who gave away all he had constantly, to help others in charity.
- This will only be achieved by proper administrators whose collective priority should be a passion for the game and not concentrated on personal gain or glory.
- Philadelphia politicians and their appointees sometimes use their offices for personal gain.
- You are not allowed to use confidential information you have for your own personal gain.
- He said the transaction had not led to any personal gain and added he had not sold any of the shares since they were acquired.
- Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual.
- I mean, we're talking about an individual who did this for his own personal gain without any feelings toward any human being.
- Education needs hearts and minds dedicated to altruistic development rather than short term and personal gain and material enrichment.
- More observed an England in which wealth and personal gain had come to mean more than Christian devotion or charity.
- I'm angry that a company is out there selling my personal information for monetary gain.
- He sold the shares for a trifling personal gain of around $300.
Synonyms
profit, earnings, income, advantage, benefit, reward, emolument, yield, return, winnings, receipts, proceeds, dividend, interest, percentage, takings
informal pickings, cut, take, rake-off, divvy, whack, slice of the cake
British informal bunce
1. 1.1 A thing that is achieved or acquired.
  获得的东西，取得的进展
  the potential gain from rail privatization would be a more commercial railway
  铁路私有化所带来的潜在好处是铁路将变得更为商业化。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Recent amendments to the Act should lead to significant improvements, and my government will ensure that the potential gains are achieved.
  In order for a supplier to achieve a large cooperative gain, the partnership must favour the creation and coordination of joint resources.
  These interventions achieve the largest health gains by an individual intervention, and the question is whether these should be scaled up further or if there are more cost effective choices.
  These crustaceans adaptations for water balance loss, gain and retention are a physiological priority.
  But do our political gains need to be achieved at such economic cost?
  We lack a vocabulary to discuss other ways of investing in health gain.
  Instead they are trying to saw off the limb onto which the president has climbed in order to achieve short-term political gain.
  It is unclear whether screening for diabetes would, in itself, achieve an appreciable health gain.
  Their findings suggest that a more responsible approach to arms exports is not a question of economic loss versus moral gain.
  The good news is that the fans' loss is the public's gain.
  This doesn't mean that we should do nothing to improve our diets, but just to suggest that potential health gains aren't worth the anxiety that could be created by another public health campaign.
  It's this crucial combination of good health and good taste that presents a significant potential gain for the industry.
  In reality what happens is the blatant misuse of public office for pecuniary gain.
  The second is that he is in touch with reality, but chooses to distort it in his public pronouncements for political gain or mere gratification.
  The potential gain to the wider public from the results of individual studies must be considered.
  This would be the question on the minds of innocent general public, thus reversing all the gains of the public health campaigns for HIV-AIDS prevention.
  Prospect theory suggests that people are more inclined to take risks to avoid losses than they are to take risks to achieve gains.
  Policies motivated by political gain will inflict public pain.
  But that gain has been achieved at a considerable price, as we shall see.
  OK, I think we can do that well and keep our losses proportional to the gains we achieve.
  Synonyms
  achievement, accomplishment, realization, realizing, fulfilment, fulfilling, effecting, completion, consummation
2The factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm.
（常用对数表示的功率或电压的）增益
an amplifier of high gain
Example sentencesExamples
- The improved signal gain permits a reduction in transmit power and, accordingly, increased capacity of the base station.
- The amplitude gain is determined by the detected photocurrent, which is used to modulate the amplitude of the local oscillator.
- Antennas with high gain, selective patterns and high efficiency can assure that networks are reliable and perform at the best.
- On the other hand, we found that the amplifier gain also increased noise.
- Because of this, QD lasers emit a narrower spectral band, which translates into a higher differential gain.
- Asus bundles its own Settings application to control a number of the device's features, including microphone gain and sensitivity.
- The gain of the amplifier system was not changed.
- In this way, all measurements were truly comparable, irrespective of the amplifier gain.
- The antennas combine high gain with a directional beam and virtually no backscatter, the company said.
- It operates at a low gain but will automatically adjust to provide a higher level of gain if necessary.
- Pak cursed routinely and adjusted the gain of the amplifier.
- They conclude that the addition of germanium in the base increased the gain and the early voltage by as much as 33%.
- A number of factors determine the gain of a laser amplifier, including input signal strength.
- In another variation, the camera gain is increased throughout the pulse train.
- Loea's system uses two-foot and four-foot Cassegrain dish antennas with up to 56dB of gain.
- The auxiliary amplifier is provided within the circuit to increase the gain of the cascode amplifier and has an associated output.
- The higher antenna gain allows low-power amplifiers to be used with efficient modulation and coding.

Phrases

gain time

Obtain extra time to achieve something by deliberate delaying tactics.
the government was using the negotiations to gain time
Example sentencesExamples
- It was in the center that the First Minnesota made its famous suicide charge, attacking onrushing Confederates who outnumbered the Minnesotans fifteen to one in a desperate effort to gain time to reinforce the Union line.
- Ride the bus, then, in pursuit of keeping the air clean, reducing your risk of car accidents, or gaining time to read.
- Realistically, our mission was to delay their advance and gain time by fighting fiercely, imaginatively, courageously-even to the last man.
- One use for negotiations, of course, would be to gain time to launder your money, burn the files, destroy the evidence etc…
- The objective is to gain time for markets to recover, if the trustees believe that they will, instead of immediately making irrevocable changes to the fund.
Synonyms
play for time, stall, procrastinate, delay, use delaying tactics, temporize, hold back, hang back, hang fire, dally, drag one's feet, use dilatory tactics

Derivatives

gainable

adjective

Appreciate existence and gain any knowledge gainable.
Example sentencesExamples
- The eternal soul known as the atma is not gainable merely by hearing about it.
- Power is not my power… It is only gainable as a part of the larger whole.
- I know that in the case of other wrappers, they said there was SDK header information in the source code, gainable only from an SDK or a decompilation of their drivers.
- Significant advantages are gainable with the aid of the procedure of the invention, and of the radiation source employing it, in reflection or transmission measurements on diffuse objects, compared with the multiple detector technique, which has become commonly used in recent years.

gainer

noun ˈɡeɪnəˈɡeɪnər

Forget the nay-sayers, the ones who talk about profit margins, and the real gainers from this rural sourcing.
Example sentencesExamples
- The main gainers are farmers, salaried class, students and senior citizens.
- Ireland is a small gainer is this overall mish-mash of a support system that will continue to be placed under severe scrutiny by those countries in the EU who are footing most of the bill.
- ‘At the end of the day, pensioners are overall going to be gainers,’ he said.
- On the Nasdaq, losers beat gainers 2 to 1 as 447 million shares changed hands.

Origin

Late 15th century (as a noun, originally in the sense 'booty'): from Old French gaigne (noun), gaignier (verb), of Germanic origin.

This comes from the French gaignier ‘gain’ and was at first used to mean ‘booty’. The origin is Germanic. The phrase gain ground was originally military, used when land was taken from an enemy. No gain without pain dates from the 1990s. See also uncouth

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of gain in US English:

gain

verbɡānɡeɪn

[with object]

1Obtain or secure (something desired, favorable, or profitable)
获得，得到，取得（想得到的、有利的或有利可图的事物）
with two objects their blend of acoustic folk pop gained them several chart hits
他们不用电声乐器把民歌曲调的流行音乐融合起来，这使他们几次上了畅销唱片排行榜。
a process that has gained the confidence of the industry
Example sentencesExamples
- Entry was gained by the back door of the premises.
- As for swings gained by Labor, a statistically significant correlation was evident for men earning up to $39 a week.
- Entry was gained by forcing the window at the rear of the premises.
- But the price of what we have gained by that process is eternal vigilance.
- Surely his brand-new team would want to derive the confidence to be gained by a few hard-won results before launching themselves?
- Awards are displayed within the depot of achievements gained by individuals.
- The experience gained by the officials should lead the Authority to prompt action in the future to avoid repetition of a similar situation so that there could be an orderly development of the City.
- Evidence of this kind cannot be elicited through surveys based on self-reports; it can, however, be gained by other methods.
- The experience gained by the six at the higher level will surely stand them in good stead throughout the league campaign and will hopefully brush off on their Mayo team-mates.
- Therefore, valuable knowledge on vertebrate evolution would be gained by obtaining a complete coelacanth genome sequence.
- He admits that he seriously thought of quitting the ring, and went from being a stoppage specialist to a fighter whose wins were gained by displaying superior boxing skills over the distance.
- Of course, downpours can come at any time, but there are some advantages to be gained by changing the date - particularly that it would also enable schools to become involved.
- What is gained by insulting half of your audience?
- Combining information gained by officers with intelligence from the hotline, a series of busts were carried out in July, which resulted in 16 arrests.
- The investigators say that if clinicians are confident of findings obtained bimanually, little is likely to be gained by speculum examination.
- The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get.
- The seven-fish haul gained by my accomplished boat partner would suggest that sinking lines are the order of the day, certainly when conditions are cool with a scoorie wind.
- Competitive advantage is gained by receiving and leveraging relevant information in real-time.
- It might sound divisive but blacks have tried to make it work for a long time; it is the whites who simply cannot let go of white supremacy and privilege and what has been gained by those ideals.
- Networking is an integral part of advancing your career and gaining valuable knowledge and experience.
Synonyms
obtain, get, acquire, come by, procure, secure, attain, achieve, earn, win, capture, clinch, pick up, carry off, reap, gather
1. 1.1archaic Bring over to one's interest or views; win over.
  〈古〉使…（转而）支持自己的利益；使…（转而）信服自己的观点；将…争取过来
  to gratify the queen, and gain the court
  讨好女王，拉拢王室成员。
2. 1.2 Reach or arrive at (a desired destination)
  到达（想要到的目的地）
  we gained the ridge
  我们爬上了山脊。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many people found it difficult to justify the near 88,000 Allied men lost for every one mile gained in the advance.
  Synonyms
  reach, arrive at, get to, come to, get as far as, make, make it to, attain, set foot on
3. 1.3gain onno object Come closer to (a person or thing pursued)
  逼近，接近（被追赶的人或物）
  a huge bear gaining on him with every stride
  正步步向他逼近的一只大熊。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And if the next public poll shows him gaining on Cruz, Arnold can use that as part of his storyline.
  On the other hand, the Canadian dollar gained on the greenback, adding 2 percent on the week to $1.0883.
  I am not sure how many more hours this poll is open, but today's results show that I am gaining on second place!
  ‘I was gaining on the lead Corvette before I was obliged to execute the drive through penalty’ Chris said.
  And then it happened, that no name horse from out of nowhere started gaining on our Smarty!
  Within a second, he had gained on me enough to only have to take a step closer to kiss me.
  Somehow she was rowing smoothly through the slop, gaining on me at what seemed like four or five feet per stroke.
  In soccer, a youthful, talented, driven U.S. team with a chip on its shoulder keeps gaining and gaining on the rest of the world.
  Well, here I am almost two months in and I'm gaining on the stupid people!
  You're still on the good side of 50%, but you're gaining on it.
  There is only 2 days left and Zimbabwe is gaining on me.
  It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other.
  And, the earning power of female chief executive officers is gaining on their male counterparts, according to survey results from 244 nonprofits.
  Synonyms
  catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near
2Increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed)
增加某物的数量或比率（尤指重量或速度）
I have gained weight over the years
Example sentencesExamples
- It is normal and healthy to gain weight gradually over the course of a pregnancy.
- Those who gained weight or remained the same had an increased mortality rate of only 2 percent.
- With the democratic steamroller gaining speed, even United Nations officials in Baghdad are increasingly optimistic.
- Bureaucratic inertia propelling toxic waste disposal in Nevada is monumental and increasingly unwavering, gaining speed since 1982.
- So the area that has had the fat suctioned out of it is less likely to gain weight or increase in fat because there are fewer fat cells in the area.
- Circulating within the cluster, some of these pairs might gain enough speed to escape the cluster altogether.
- An airplane in a spin does not gain airspeed and its rate of descent is relatively slow.
- A BMI of under 18 also means you are at increased risk of heart disease and need to gain some weight.
- See your GP, midwife or health visitor for advice if you are worried that you aren't gaining weight at the correct rate.
- When the economy gains speed and interest rates rise, as they have, it's only natural that homeowners cut back on turning their housing wealth into cash.
- If he gains weight, decrease the amount you feed.
- Disturbingly, it also contains creatine, a compound taken by athletes to help them to gain weight and build muscle.
- Long legs are also vital for endurance running, because speed is gained by increasing the length, not rate, of strides.
- It gained speed and momentum quickly due to its gross weight and a slight decline in the paved surface.
- The bowler was reportedly putting more weight on his leg to gain speed and not using his arms.
- Boys and girls did not significantly differ in the perception that their mothers encouraged them to gain weight and increase muscle tone.
- People who stop smoking can gain weight simply because smoking suppresses the appetite and increases the metabolism.
- Results also showed that women who gained weight after age 18 were at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma.
- You might also see an increase in chest size if you gain weight.
- He used to eat, like, 30 pieces of fruit a day, and he said, I don't know why I'm gaining weight.
Synonyms
increase in, put on, add on, build up
1. 2.1no object Increase in value.
  （价值）增长
  stocks also gained for the third day in a row
  股票价格也连续第三天上涨了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has gained 30% in the same period.
  And yet EMI's share price has gained over 40 per cent since 2004 started.
  The share price gained early in the week, but fell again on Thursday and Friday to close at around $19.55 on the Nasdaq.
  The overall share market gained 0.9 of one per cent today, ignoring a weak lead from Wall Street.
  Greencore's share price has gained only fractionally since Desmond began his stake building in 1999.
  Steel shares gained sharply on the bourses, partly on hopes that Arcelor's move would spur consolidation in the fragmented Indian industry.
  Blue chips and technology shares gained heavily Monday, pushing the index up sharply, Hong Kong analysts said.
  The Irish Technology Share Index gained just 0.8 per cent to 5207.02.
  Aegis shares gained 10% to 125.25p in Friday's trade as traders reckoned other bidders could be flushed out by the move.
  Shares in Smart Telecom gained 1.3% on the London market yesterday, valuing the company at €50m.
  Within the index, 190 stocks gained, 319 stocks fell while 48 were unchanged.
  First Commercial shares have gained 7.4 percent in the same period.
  Tesco gained again, increasing its share to 29.8 per cent from 29.5 per cent in March.
  By noon, its shares had gained 11 pence to 141.5p.
  The LuSE all share index gained from 1,190.47 points in the previous week to 1,230.10, translating in a rise of 3.32 percentage points.
  The share price gained to $4.90 on the Nasdaq late last week.
  Over the course of the week, shares gained 4p to close at 69.6p. Shares have more than doubled since January.
  Restaurant receipts gained 3.5 per cent in value in the first quarter after dropping 9.7 per cent last year.
  At yesterday's 560p closing share price, Value Investor readers had gained 14%.
  Intel's share price has been gaining steadily and from a US economic perspective it will be seen as a bellwether as far as indicting the state of the high technology sector.
  Synonyms
  earn, bring in, make, get, get paid, pocket, clear, gross, net, realize
2. 2.2gain inno object Improve or advance in (some respect)
  改善，提高
  canoeing is gaining in popularity
  划独木舟越来越时兴了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another general point about the focus group method is that, while it is gaining in popularity at the moment, it is by no means a new technique.
  Western reporters talking mainly to the urban middle class also got a false sense that his list might be gaining in popularity.
  Like a snowball rolling downhill, the software-as-a-service platform is gaining in size and depth as vendors continue to add on more and more components to the core hosted application.
  The island is currently gaining in popularity.
  More and more support has been given to the West on Track campaign that is gaining in popularity at present.
  The verdict was that camp drafting is a sport gaining in popularity.
  Here's proof: there are vernacular Valentine cards to be had, and they seem to be gaining in popularity with each V-Day.
  The last one in particular is great stuff; I guess now that he's dead his time has come and he's gaining in popularity.
  This holiday season, LEDs are gaining in popularity as bulbs for Christmas lights.
  These metals are gaining in popularity for use in jewelry and are also important in manufacturing auto converters that reduce pollution.
  The performances are improving and gaining in confidence.
  This facility, Mary tells us is gaining in popularity.
  The children's yoga course is now in its second term and is gaining in popularity, and it is immediately obvious that the studio is child-friendly.
  Rosé champagnes are serious wines which are gaining in popularity.
  What I gained in readership or ad revenue was not worth the respect I lost for myself.
  Cookery courses abroad are also gaining in popularity.
  The location has been gaining in popularity - so much so that parks officials want to stop renting it out unless the event holds some prestige value for the city.
  We are gaining in power, we deserve respect - and complimentary drinks.
  This utter tripe that is reality TV seems to be gaining in popularity.
  Bottom lifts, however, are gaining in popularity here.
  Synonyms
  catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near
3. 2.3 (of a clock or watch) become fast by (a specific amount of time)
  （钟，表）走快（特定量时间）
  this atomic clock will neither gain nor lose a second in the next 1 million years
  这原子钟在今后的100万年里既不会快也不会慢1秒钟。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It also depends on the constancy of its rate; meaning, that a watch gains or loses the exact same amount of time each day.
  The new clocks would not gain or lose one second in a thousand years.

nounɡānɡeɪn

1An increase in wealth or resources.
财富（或资源）的增长
the mayor was accused of using municipal funds for personal gain
市长被控挪用市政基金为个人谋利。
Example sentencesExamples
- This will only be achieved by proper administrators whose collective priority should be a passion for the game and not concentrated on personal gain or glory.
- Education needs hearts and minds dedicated to altruistic development rather than short term and personal gain and material enrichment.
- Technically, water remains a public resource, but water license holders can now sell the rights to a public resource for personal gain.
- The company said circulation revenues continue to show solid advances on 2002, reflecting the impact of both cover price increases and market share gains.
- More observed an England in which wealth and personal gain had come to mean more than Christian devotion or charity.
- Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual.
- Additionally, with this new focus on sacrificing sustainable living for financial gain, natural resources were in greater demand than ever.
- He sold the shares for a trifling personal gain of around $300.
- It all boils down to the integrity of the individual and the willingness of the individual to sink perceived personal gain for the common good when necessary.
- He did not fight for personal gain, as is manifest from the fact that he was a very poor man who gave away all he had constantly, to help others in charity.
- I have to ask, if what is said above is true, why then would you keep it a secret and release the information only for personal gain?
- Ruthless pursuit of personal gain is venerated.
- A trained barrister, he made sure that laws were passed to prevent the misuse of mineral resources for private gain.
- Favourtism is defined by personal financial gain.
- I mean, we're talking about an individual who did this for his own personal gain without any feelings toward any human being.
- You are not allowed to use confidential information you have for your own personal gain.
- I viewed them willingly, helped out, gave my experienced expert opinion on what I saw freely and without personal gain.
- He said the transaction had not led to any personal gain and added he had not sold any of the shares since they were acquired.
- Philadelphia politicians and their appointees sometimes use their offices for personal gain.
- I'm angry that a company is out there selling my personal information for monetary gain.
Synonyms
profit, earnings, income, advantage, benefit, reward, emolument, yield, return, winnings, receipts, proceeds, dividend, interest, percentage, takings
1. 1.1 A thing that is achieved or acquired.
  获得的东西，取得的进展
  a balance between water loss and water gain
  Example sentencesExamples
  Policies motivated by political gain will inflict public pain.
  In order for a supplier to achieve a large cooperative gain, the partnership must favour the creation and coordination of joint resources.
  But that gain has been achieved at a considerable price, as we shall see.
  Recent amendments to the Act should lead to significant improvements, and my government will ensure that the potential gains are achieved.
  The potential gain to the wider public from the results of individual studies must be considered.
  It's this crucial combination of good health and good taste that presents a significant potential gain for the industry.
  The good news is that the fans' loss is the public's gain.
  Their findings suggest that a more responsible approach to arms exports is not a question of economic loss versus moral gain.
  Prospect theory suggests that people are more inclined to take risks to avoid losses than they are to take risks to achieve gains.
  This doesn't mean that we should do nothing to improve our diets, but just to suggest that potential health gains aren't worth the anxiety that could be created by another public health campaign.
  These crustaceans adaptations for water balance loss, gain and retention are a physiological priority.
  OK, I think we can do that well and keep our losses proportional to the gains we achieve.
  It is unclear whether screening for diabetes would, in itself, achieve an appreciable health gain.
  In reality what happens is the blatant misuse of public office for pecuniary gain.
  But do our political gains need to be achieved at such economic cost?
  We lack a vocabulary to discuss other ways of investing in health gain.
  These interventions achieve the largest health gains by an individual intervention, and the question is whether these should be scaled up further or if there are more cost effective choices.
  This would be the question on the minds of innocent general public, thus reversing all the gains of the public health campaigns for HIV-AIDS prevention.
  Instead they are trying to saw off the limb onto which the president has climbed in order to achieve short-term political gain.
  The second is that he is in touch with reality, but chooses to distort it in his public pronouncements for political gain or mere gratification.
  Synonyms
  achievement, accomplishment, realization, realizing, fulfilment, fulfilling, effecting, completion, consummation
2. 1.2 The factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm.
  （常用对数表示的功率或电压的）增益
  Example sentencesExamples
  The amplitude gain is determined by the detected photocurrent, which is used to modulate the amplitude of the local oscillator.
  Antennas with high gain, selective patterns and high efficiency can assure that networks are reliable and perform at the best.
  The antennas combine high gain with a directional beam and virtually no backscatter, the company said.
  Because of this, QD lasers emit a narrower spectral band, which translates into a higher differential gain.
  They conclude that the addition of germanium in the base increased the gain and the early voltage by as much as 33%.
  Loea's system uses two-foot and four-foot Cassegrain dish antennas with up to 56dB of gain.
  The improved signal gain permits a reduction in transmit power and, accordingly, increased capacity of the base station.
  The gain of the amplifier system was not changed.
  The higher antenna gain allows low-power amplifiers to be used with efficient modulation and coding.
  In this way, all measurements were truly comparable, irrespective of the amplifier gain.
  Pak cursed routinely and adjusted the gain of the amplifier.
  In another variation, the camera gain is increased throughout the pulse train.
  On the other hand, we found that the amplifier gain also increased noise.
  The auxiliary amplifier is provided within the circuit to increase the gain of the cascode amplifier and has an associated output.
  Asus bundles its own Settings application to control a number of the device's features, including microphone gain and sensitivity.
  A number of factors determine the gain of a laser amplifier, including input signal strength.
  It operates at a low gain but will automatically adjust to provide a higher level of gain if necessary.

Origin

Late 15th century (as a noun, originally in the sense ‘booty’): from Old French gaigne (noun), gaignier (verb), of Germanic origin.

词汇	gain
释义	Definition of gain in English: gain verb ɡeɪnɡeɪn [with object] 1Obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable) 获得，得到，取得（想得到的、有利的或有利可图的事物） we gained entry to the car in five seconds with two objects their blend of acoustic pop gained them several chart hits 他们不用电声乐器把民歌曲调的流行音乐融合起来，这使他们几次上了畅销唱片排行榜。 Example sentencesExamples Networking is an integral part of advancing your career and gaining valuable knowledge and experience. Competitive advantage is gained by receiving and leveraging relevant information in real-time. Therefore, valuable knowledge on vertebrate evolution would be gained by obtaining a complete coelacanth genome sequence. The experience gained by the six at the higher level will surely stand them in good stead throughout the league campaign and will hopefully brush off on their Mayo team-mates. Entry was gained by the back door of the premises. Combining information gained by officers with intelligence from the hotline, a series of busts were carried out in July, which resulted in 16 arrests. The seven-fish haul gained by my accomplished boat partner would suggest that sinking lines are the order of the day, certainly when conditions are cool with a scoorie wind. But the price of what we have gained by that process is eternal vigilance. The experience gained by the officials should lead the Authority to prompt action in the future to avoid repetition of a similar situation so that there could be an orderly development of the City. Awards are displayed within the depot of achievements gained by individuals. As for swings gained by Labor, a statistically significant correlation was evident for men earning up to $39 a week. Entry was gained by forcing the window at the rear of the premises. Of course, downpours can come at any time, but there are some advantages to be gained by changing the date - particularly that it would also enable schools to become involved. The investigators say that if clinicians are confident of findings obtained bimanually, little is likely to be gained by speculum examination. The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. He admits that he seriously thought of quitting the ring, and went from being a stoppage specialist to a fighter whose wins were gained by displaying superior boxing skills over the distance. Surely his brand-new team would want to derive the confidence to be gained by a few hard-won results before launching themselves? Evidence of this kind cannot be elicited through surveys based on self-reports; it can, however, be gained by other methods. What is gained by insulting half of your audience? It might sound divisive but blacks have tried to make it work for a long time; it is the whites who simply cannot let go of white supremacy and privilege and what has been gained by those ideals. Synonyms obtain, get, acquire, come by, procure, secure, attain, achieve, earn, win, capture, clinch, pick up, carry off, reap, gather receive, be given, be awarded, come away with informal land, net, bag, pot, scoop, wangle, swing, score, nab, collar, cop, hook, get one's hands on, get one's mitts on, get hold of, walk away with, walk off with 1.1no object Benefit. managers would gain from greater openness Example sentencesExamples Regrettably, the US government has the fervent support of our government, apparently in the belief that we have a duty to stand by the US and will gain from doing so. Tickets are £75 and charities to gain from the evening are Macmillan Cancer Relief and Friends of Mitchell House. Who is likely to gain from the ensuing panic - except for law firms, currently lining up to bring DVT cases against airlines? On the other hand voluntary euthanasia can be open to abuse, perhaps someone may gain from the patients demise and they intend to get rid of this patient at any cost. Up to 450 patients now receiving treatment at the trust's hospitals could gain from the new system, due to start within the next two months. For a start, all the various contenders thrashing about in the struggle to take over the Conservative party would surely gain from having experts in expediency to consult. Some may be better off taking retirement benefits before A-Day, while others would gain from waiting until the new regime comes in. The soccer club stood to gain from the rent O2 would be paying but the parents of young tennis club members were concerned about possible health risks from the transmitter. Patients on wards for the elderly will be the first to gain from the changes which will eventually see all Nightingale wards modernised and an end to mixed sex accommodation. In Wales, the tourism industry feels it could gain from the war rather than from the influence of holidaying Hollywood couples. The original capital remains in the estate, but the beneficiaries gain from the growth on the investment as it is free from inheritance tax. Further, those who will gain from the agreement are completely different from those who benefited from the old strategy. Patients in this group stand to gain from the benefit of lower early thrombosis rates with myelosuppressive medications. A fine line that should be trod wisely in order to create a future where everyone can gain from the benefits of using this technology. One farmer who stands to gain from the lifting of the ban is Robin Spence, who produces around 1,200 cattle for the beef market every year from his land near Lockerbie. Only the star presenters stand to gain from all this. Even customers who don't borrow might gain from switching. Economic development has played a key role in improving the environment for many millions of people, although many more could gain from its benefits in the future. Farmers will gain from the extension of the growing season but soil moisture and reduced rainfall in summer could also prove harmful. The Liberals will hope to do as well as at the general election and the Scottish Nationalists to gain from mid-term Government unpopularity at Westminster. Synonyms profit, make money, reap financial reward, reap benefits, benefit do well out of, make capital out of informal make a killing, milk, cash in on 1.2archaic Win over to one's interest or views. 〈古〉使…（转而）支持自己的利益；使…（转而）信服自己的观点；将…争取过来 to gratify the queen, and gain the court 讨好女王，拉拢王室成员。 2Reach or arrive at (a destination) 到达（想要到的目的地） we gained the ridge 我们爬上了山脊。 Example sentencesExamples Many people found it difficult to justify the near 88,000 Allied men lost for every one mile gained in the advance. Synonyms reach, arrive at, get to, come to, get as far as, make, make it to, attain, set foot on end up at, land up at, fetch up at informal hit, wind up at 2.1gain onno object Come closer to (a person or thing pursued) 逼近，接近（被追赶的人或物） a huge bear was gaining on him with every stride 正步步向他逼近的一只大熊。 Example sentencesExamples And then it happened, that no name horse from out of nowhere started gaining on our Smarty! And, the earning power of female chief executive officers is gaining on their male counterparts, according to survey results from 244 nonprofits. And if the next public poll shows him gaining on Cruz, Arnold can use that as part of his storyline. I am not sure how many more hours this poll is open, but today's results show that I am gaining on second place! On the other hand, the Canadian dollar gained on the greenback, adding 2 percent on the week to $1.0883. You're still on the good side of 50%, but you're gaining on it. Within a second, he had gained on me enough to only have to take a step closer to kiss me. Somehow she was rowing smoothly through the slop, gaining on me at what seemed like four or five feet per stroke. In soccer, a youthful, talented, driven U.S. team with a chip on its shoulder keeps gaining and gaining on the rest of the world. Well, here I am almost two months in and I'm gaining on the stupid people! It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. ‘I was gaining on the lead Corvette before I was obliged to execute the drive through penalty’ Chris said. There is only 2 days left and Zimbabwe is gaining on me. Synonyms catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near 3Increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed) 增加某物的数量或比率（尤指重量或速度） I have gained weight over the years Example sentencesExamples So the area that has had the fat suctioned out of it is less likely to gain weight or increase in fat because there are fewer fat cells in the area. See your GP, midwife or health visitor for advice if you are worried that you aren't gaining weight at the correct rate. If he gains weight, decrease the amount you feed. It gained speed and momentum quickly due to its gross weight and a slight decline in the paved surface. With the democratic steamroller gaining speed, even United Nations officials in Baghdad are increasingly optimistic. He used to eat, like, 30 pieces of fruit a day, and he said, I don't know why I'm gaining weight. Circulating within the cluster, some of these pairs might gain enough speed to escape the cluster altogether. Boys and girls did not significantly differ in the perception that their mothers encouraged them to gain weight and increase muscle tone. An airplane in a spin does not gain airspeed and its rate of descent is relatively slow. Results also showed that women who gained weight after age 18 were at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma. Bureaucratic inertia propelling toxic waste disposal in Nevada is monumental and increasingly unwavering, gaining speed since 1982. A BMI of under 18 also means you are at increased risk of heart disease and need to gain some weight. Those who gained weight or remained the same had an increased mortality rate of only 2 percent. When the economy gains speed and interest rates rise, as they have, it's only natural that homeowners cut back on turning their housing wealth into cash. Long legs are also vital for endurance running, because speed is gained by increasing the length, not rate, of strides. People who stop smoking can gain weight simply because smoking suppresses the appetite and increases the metabolism. It is normal and healthy to gain weight gradually over the course of a pregnancy. The bowler was reportedly putting more weight on his leg to gain speed and not using his arms. You might also see an increase in chest size if you gain weight. Disturbingly, it also contains creatine, a compound taken by athletes to help them to gain weight and build muscle. Synonyms increase in, put on, add on, build up acquire more of something 3.1no object Increase in value. （价值）增长 shares gained for the third day in a row 股票价格也连续第三天上涨了。 Example sentencesExamples Steel shares gained sharply on the bourses, partly on hopes that Arcelor's move would spur consolidation in the fragmented Indian industry. Aegis shares gained 10% to 125.25p in Friday's trade as traders reckoned other bidders could be flushed out by the move. By noon, its shares had gained 11 pence to 141.5p. The share price gained to $4.90 on the Nasdaq late last week. And yet EMI's share price has gained over 40 per cent since 2004 started. Restaurant receipts gained 3.5 per cent in value in the first quarter after dropping 9.7 per cent last year. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has gained 30% in the same period. Over the course of the week, shares gained 4p to close at 69.6p. Shares have more than doubled since January. At yesterday's 560p closing share price, Value Investor readers had gained 14%. Intel's share price has been gaining steadily and from a US economic perspective it will be seen as a bellwether as far as indicting the state of the high technology sector. Shares in Smart Telecom gained 1.3% on the London market yesterday, valuing the company at €50m. Tesco gained again, increasing its share to 29.8 per cent from 29.5 per cent in March. The overall share market gained 0.9 of one per cent today, ignoring a weak lead from Wall Street. Within the index, 190 stocks gained, 319 stocks fell while 48 were unchanged. The LuSE all share index gained from 1,190.47 points in the previous week to 1,230.10, translating in a rise of 3.32 percentage points. First Commercial shares have gained 7.4 percent in the same period. Greencore's share price has gained only fractionally since Desmond began his stake building in 1999. The Irish Technology Share Index gained just 0.8 per cent to 5207.02. The share price gained early in the week, but fell again on Thursday and Friday to close at around $19.55 on the Nasdaq. Blue chips and technology shares gained heavily Monday, pushing the index up sharply, Hong Kong analysts said. Synonyms earn, bring in, make, get, get paid, pocket, clear, gross, net, realize informal rake in, haul in, bag 3.2gain inno object Improve or advance in (some respect) 改善，提高 canoeing is gaining in popularity 划独木舟越来越时兴了。 Example sentencesExamples Western reporters talking mainly to the urban middle class also got a false sense that his list might be gaining in popularity. Another general point about the focus group method is that, while it is gaining in popularity at the moment, it is by no means a new technique. The performances are improving and gaining in confidence. The verdict was that camp drafting is a sport gaining in popularity. Bottom lifts, however, are gaining in popularity here. This facility, Mary tells us is gaining in popularity. What I gained in readership or ad revenue was not worth the respect I lost for myself. Here's proof: there are vernacular Valentine cards to be had, and they seem to be gaining in popularity with each V-Day. The location has been gaining in popularity - so much so that parks officials want to stop renting it out unless the event holds some prestige value for the city. The island is currently gaining in popularity. Rosé champagnes are serious wines which are gaining in popularity. We are gaining in power, we deserve respect - and complimentary drinks. This holiday season, LEDs are gaining in popularity as bulbs for Christmas lights. Cookery courses abroad are also gaining in popularity. The children's yoga course is now in its second term and is gaining in popularity, and it is immediately obvious that the studio is child-friendly. The last one in particular is great stuff; I guess now that he's dead his time has come and he's gaining in popularity. Like a snowball rolling downhill, the software-as-a-service platform is gaining in size and depth as vendors continue to add on more and more components to the core hosted application. More and more support has been given to the West on Track campaign that is gaining in popularity at present. This utter tripe that is reality TV seems to be gaining in popularity. These metals are gaining in popularity for use in jewelry and are also important in manufacturing auto converters that reduce pollution. Synonyms catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near 3.3 (of a clock or watch) become fast by (a specific amount of time) （钟，表）走快（特定量时间） this atomic clock will neither gain nor lose a second in the next 1 million years 这原子钟在今后的100万年里既不会快也不会慢1秒钟。 Example sentencesExamples The new clocks would not gain or lose one second in a thousand years. It also depends on the constancy of its rate; meaning, that a watch gains or loses the exact same amount of time each day. noun ɡeɪnɡeɪn mass noun 1An increase in wealth or resources. 财富（或资源）的增长 the pursuit of personal gain count noun shares showed gains of up to 21 per cent 水资源类股票上涨幅度达21%。 Example sentencesExamples Technically, water remains a public resource, but water license holders can now sell the rights to a public resource for personal gain. A trained barrister, he made sure that laws were passed to prevent the misuse of mineral resources for private gain. The company said circulation revenues continue to show solid advances on 2002, reflecting the impact of both cover price increases and market share gains. I viewed them willingly, helped out, gave my experienced expert opinion on what I saw freely and without personal gain. It all boils down to the integrity of the individual and the willingness of the individual to sink perceived personal gain for the common good when necessary. Ruthless pursuit of personal gain is venerated. Favourtism is defined by personal financial gain. I have to ask, if what is said above is true, why then would you keep it a secret and release the information only for personal gain? Additionally, with this new focus on sacrificing sustainable living for financial gain, natural resources were in greater demand than ever. He did not fight for personal gain, as is manifest from the fact that he was a very poor man who gave away all he had constantly, to help others in charity. This will only be achieved by proper administrators whose collective priority should be a passion for the game and not concentrated on personal gain or glory. Philadelphia politicians and their appointees sometimes use their offices for personal gain. You are not allowed to use confidential information you have for your own personal gain. He said the transaction had not led to any personal gain and added he had not sold any of the shares since they were acquired. Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. I mean, we're talking about an individual who did this for his own personal gain without any feelings toward any human being. Education needs hearts and minds dedicated to altruistic development rather than short term and personal gain and material enrichment. More observed an England in which wealth and personal gain had come to mean more than Christian devotion or charity. I'm angry that a company is out there selling my personal information for monetary gain. He sold the shares for a trifling personal gain of around $300. Synonyms profit, earnings, income, advantage, benefit, reward, emolument, yield, return, winnings, receipts, proceeds, dividend, interest, percentage, takings informal pickings, cut, take, rake-off, divvy, whack, slice of the cake British informal bunce 1.1 A thing that is achieved or acquired. 获得的东西，取得的进展 the potential gain from rail privatization would be a more commercial railway 铁路私有化所带来的潜在好处是铁路将变得更为商业化。 Example sentencesExamples Recent amendments to the Act should lead to significant improvements, and my government will ensure that the potential gains are achieved. In order for a supplier to achieve a large cooperative gain, the partnership must favour the creation and coordination of joint resources. These interventions achieve the largest health gains by an individual intervention, and the question is whether these should be scaled up further or if there are more cost effective choices. These crustaceans adaptations for water balance loss, gain and retention are a physiological priority. But do our political gains need to be achieved at such economic cost? We lack a vocabulary to discuss other ways of investing in health gain. Instead they are trying to saw off the limb onto which the president has climbed in order to achieve short-term political gain. It is unclear whether screening for diabetes would, in itself, achieve an appreciable health gain. Their findings suggest that a more responsible approach to arms exports is not a question of economic loss versus moral gain. The good news is that the fans' loss is the public's gain. This doesn't mean that we should do nothing to improve our diets, but just to suggest that potential health gains aren't worth the anxiety that could be created by another public health campaign. It's this crucial combination of good health and good taste that presents a significant potential gain for the industry. In reality what happens is the blatant misuse of public office for pecuniary gain. The second is that he is in touch with reality, but chooses to distort it in his public pronouncements for political gain or mere gratification. The potential gain to the wider public from the results of individual studies must be considered. This would be the question on the minds of innocent general public, thus reversing all the gains of the public health campaigns for HIV-AIDS prevention. Prospect theory suggests that people are more inclined to take risks to avoid losses than they are to take risks to achieve gains. Policies motivated by political gain will inflict public pain. But that gain has been achieved at a considerable price, as we shall see. OK, I think we can do that well and keep our losses proportional to the gains we achieve. Synonyms achievement, accomplishment, realization, realizing, fulfilment, fulfilling, effecting, completion, consummation 2The factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm. （常用对数表示的功率或电压的）增益 an amplifier of high gain Example sentencesExamples The improved signal gain permits a reduction in transmit power and, accordingly, increased capacity of the base station. The amplitude gain is determined by the detected photocurrent, which is used to modulate the amplitude of the local oscillator. Antennas with high gain, selective patterns and high efficiency can assure that networks are reliable and perform at the best. On the other hand, we found that the amplifier gain also increased noise. Because of this, QD lasers emit a narrower spectral band, which translates into a higher differential gain. Asus bundles its own Settings application to control a number of the device's features, including microphone gain and sensitivity. The gain of the amplifier system was not changed. In this way, all measurements were truly comparable, irrespective of the amplifier gain. The antennas combine high gain with a directional beam and virtually no backscatter, the company said. It operates at a low gain but will automatically adjust to provide a higher level of gain if necessary. Pak cursed routinely and adjusted the gain of the amplifier. They conclude that the addition of germanium in the base increased the gain and the early voltage by as much as 33%. A number of factors determine the gain of a laser amplifier, including input signal strength. In another variation, the camera gain is increased throughout the pulse train. Loea's system uses two-foot and four-foot Cassegrain dish antennas with up to 56dB of gain. The auxiliary amplifier is provided within the circuit to increase the gain of the cascode amplifier and has an associated output. The higher antenna gain allows low-power amplifiers to be used with efficient modulation and coding. Phrases gain time Obtain extra time to achieve something by deliberate delaying tactics. the government was using the negotiations to gain time Example sentencesExamples It was in the center that the First Minnesota made its famous suicide charge, attacking onrushing Confederates who outnumbered the Minnesotans fifteen to one in a desperate effort to gain time to reinforce the Union line. Ride the bus, then, in pursuit of keeping the air clean, reducing your risk of car accidents, or gaining time to read. Realistically, our mission was to delay their advance and gain time by fighting fiercely, imaginatively, courageously-even to the last man. One use for negotiations, of course, would be to gain time to launder your money, burn the files, destroy the evidence etc… The objective is to gain time for markets to recover, if the trustees believe that they will, instead of immediately making irrevocable changes to the fund. Synonyms play for time, stall, procrastinate, delay, use delaying tactics, temporize, hold back, hang back, hang fire, dally, drag one's feet, use dilatory tactics Derivatives gainable adjective Appreciate existence and gain any knowledge gainable. Example sentencesExamples The eternal soul known as the atma is not gainable merely by hearing about it. Power is not my power… It is only gainable as a part of the larger whole. I know that in the case of other wrappers, they said there was SDK header information in the source code, gainable only from an SDK or a decompilation of their drivers. Significant advantages are gainable with the aid of the procedure of the invention, and of the radiation source employing it, in reflection or transmission measurements on diffuse objects, compared with the multiple detector technique, which has become commonly used in recent years. gainer noun ˈɡeɪnəˈɡeɪnər Forget the nay-sayers, the ones who talk about profit margins, and the real gainers from this rural sourcing. Example sentencesExamples The main gainers are farmers, salaried class, students and senior citizens. Ireland is a small gainer is this overall mish-mash of a support system that will continue to be placed under severe scrutiny by those countries in the EU who are footing most of the bill. ‘At the end of the day, pensioners are overall going to be gainers,’ he said. On the Nasdaq, losers beat gainers 2 to 1 as 447 million shares changed hands. Origin Late 15th century (as a noun, originally in the sense 'booty'): from Old French gaigne (noun), gaignier (verb), of Germanic origin. This comes from the French gaignier ‘gain’ and was at first used to mean ‘booty’. The origin is Germanic. The phrase gain ground was originally military, used when land was taken from an enemy. No gain without pain dates from the 1990s. See also uncouth Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne verb.1 phr. Definition of gain in US English: gain verbɡānɡeɪn [with object] 1Obtain or secure (something desired, favorable, or profitable) 获得，得到，取得（想得到的、有利的或有利可图的事物） with two objects their blend of acoustic folk pop gained them several chart hits 他们不用电声乐器把民歌曲调的流行音乐融合起来，这使他们几次上了畅销唱片排行榜。 a process that has gained the confidence of the industry Example sentencesExamples Entry was gained by the back door of the premises. As for swings gained by Labor, a statistically significant correlation was evident for men earning up to $39 a week. Entry was gained by forcing the window at the rear of the premises. But the price of what we have gained by that process is eternal vigilance. Surely his brand-new team would want to derive the confidence to be gained by a few hard-won results before launching themselves? Awards are displayed within the depot of achievements gained by individuals. The experience gained by the officials should lead the Authority to prompt action in the future to avoid repetition of a similar situation so that there could be an orderly development of the City. Evidence of this kind cannot be elicited through surveys based on self-reports; it can, however, be gained by other methods. The experience gained by the six at the higher level will surely stand them in good stead throughout the league campaign and will hopefully brush off on their Mayo team-mates. Therefore, valuable knowledge on vertebrate evolution would be gained by obtaining a complete coelacanth genome sequence. He admits that he seriously thought of quitting the ring, and went from being a stoppage specialist to a fighter whose wins were gained by displaying superior boxing skills over the distance. Of course, downpours can come at any time, but there are some advantages to be gained by changing the date - particularly that it would also enable schools to become involved. What is gained by insulting half of your audience? Combining information gained by officers with intelligence from the hotline, a series of busts were carried out in July, which resulted in 16 arrests. The investigators say that if clinicians are confident of findings obtained bimanually, little is likely to be gained by speculum examination. The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. The seven-fish haul gained by my accomplished boat partner would suggest that sinking lines are the order of the day, certainly when conditions are cool with a scoorie wind. Competitive advantage is gained by receiving and leveraging relevant information in real-time. It might sound divisive but blacks have tried to make it work for a long time; it is the whites who simply cannot let go of white supremacy and privilege and what has been gained by those ideals. Networking is an integral part of advancing your career and gaining valuable knowledge and experience. Synonyms obtain, get, acquire, come by, procure, secure, attain, achieve, earn, win, capture, clinch, pick up, carry off, reap, gather 1.1archaic Bring over to one's interest or views; win over. 〈古〉使…（转而）支持自己的利益；使…（转而）信服自己的观点；将…争取过来 to gratify the queen, and gain the court 讨好女王，拉拢王室成员。 1.2 Reach or arrive at (a desired destination) 到达（想要到的目的地） we gained the ridge 我们爬上了山脊。 Example sentencesExamples Many people found it difficult to justify the near 88,000 Allied men lost for every one mile gained in the advance. Synonyms reach, arrive at, get to, come to, get as far as, make, make it to, attain, set foot on 1.3gain onno object Come closer to (a person or thing pursued) 逼近，接近（被追赶的人或物） a huge bear gaining on him with every stride 正步步向他逼近的一只大熊。 Example sentencesExamples And if the next public poll shows him gaining on Cruz, Arnold can use that as part of his storyline. On the other hand, the Canadian dollar gained on the greenback, adding 2 percent on the week to $1.0883. I am not sure how many more hours this poll is open, but today's results show that I am gaining on second place! ‘I was gaining on the lead Corvette before I was obliged to execute the drive through penalty’ Chris said. And then it happened, that no name horse from out of nowhere started gaining on our Smarty! Within a second, he had gained on me enough to only have to take a step closer to kiss me. Somehow she was rowing smoothly through the slop, gaining on me at what seemed like four or five feet per stroke. In soccer, a youthful, talented, driven U.S. team with a chip on its shoulder keeps gaining and gaining on the rest of the world. Well, here I am almost two months in and I'm gaining on the stupid people! You're still on the good side of 50%, but you're gaining on it. There is only 2 days left and Zimbabwe is gaining on me. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. And, the earning power of female chief executive officers is gaining on their male counterparts, according to survey results from 244 nonprofits. Synonyms catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near 2Increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed) 增加某物的数量或比率（尤指重量或速度） I have gained weight over the years Example sentencesExamples It is normal and healthy to gain weight gradually over the course of a pregnancy. Those who gained weight or remained the same had an increased mortality rate of only 2 percent. With the democratic steamroller gaining speed, even United Nations officials in Baghdad are increasingly optimistic. Bureaucratic inertia propelling toxic waste disposal in Nevada is monumental and increasingly unwavering, gaining speed since 1982. So the area that has had the fat suctioned out of it is less likely to gain weight or increase in fat because there are fewer fat cells in the area. Circulating within the cluster, some of these pairs might gain enough speed to escape the cluster altogether. An airplane in a spin does not gain airspeed and its rate of descent is relatively slow. A BMI of under 18 also means you are at increased risk of heart disease and need to gain some weight. See your GP, midwife or health visitor for advice if you are worried that you aren't gaining weight at the correct rate. When the economy gains speed and interest rates rise, as they have, it's only natural that homeowners cut back on turning their housing wealth into cash. If he gains weight, decrease the amount you feed. Disturbingly, it also contains creatine, a compound taken by athletes to help them to gain weight and build muscle. Long legs are also vital for endurance running, because speed is gained by increasing the length, not rate, of strides. It gained speed and momentum quickly due to its gross weight and a slight decline in the paved surface. The bowler was reportedly putting more weight on his leg to gain speed and not using his arms. Boys and girls did not significantly differ in the perception that their mothers encouraged them to gain weight and increase muscle tone. People who stop smoking can gain weight simply because smoking suppresses the appetite and increases the metabolism. Results also showed that women who gained weight after age 18 were at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma. You might also see an increase in chest size if you gain weight. He used to eat, like, 30 pieces of fruit a day, and he said, I don't know why I'm gaining weight. Synonyms increase in, put on, add on, build up 2.1no object Increase in value. （价值）增长 stocks also gained for the third day in a row 股票价格也连续第三天上涨了。 Example sentencesExamples Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has gained 30% in the same period. And yet EMI's share price has gained over 40 per cent since 2004 started. The share price gained early in the week, but fell again on Thursday and Friday to close at around $19.55 on the Nasdaq. The overall share market gained 0.9 of one per cent today, ignoring a weak lead from Wall Street. Greencore's share price has gained only fractionally since Desmond began his stake building in 1999. Steel shares gained sharply on the bourses, partly on hopes that Arcelor's move would spur consolidation in the fragmented Indian industry. Blue chips and technology shares gained heavily Monday, pushing the index up sharply, Hong Kong analysts said. The Irish Technology Share Index gained just 0.8 per cent to 5207.02. Aegis shares gained 10% to 125.25p in Friday's trade as traders reckoned other bidders could be flushed out by the move. Shares in Smart Telecom gained 1.3% on the London market yesterday, valuing the company at €50m. Within the index, 190 stocks gained, 319 stocks fell while 48 were unchanged. First Commercial shares have gained 7.4 percent in the same period. Tesco gained again, increasing its share to 29.8 per cent from 29.5 per cent in March. By noon, its shares had gained 11 pence to 141.5p. The LuSE all share index gained from 1,190.47 points in the previous week to 1,230.10, translating in a rise of 3.32 percentage points. The share price gained to $4.90 on the Nasdaq late last week. Over the course of the week, shares gained 4p to close at 69.6p. Shares have more than doubled since January. Restaurant receipts gained 3.5 per cent in value in the first quarter after dropping 9.7 per cent last year. At yesterday's 560p closing share price, Value Investor readers had gained 14%. Intel's share price has been gaining steadily and from a US economic perspective it will be seen as a bellwether as far as indicting the state of the high technology sector. Synonyms earn, bring in, make, get, get paid, pocket, clear, gross, net, realize 2.2gain inno object Improve or advance in (some respect) 改善，提高 canoeing is gaining in popularity 划独木舟越来越时兴了。 Example sentencesExamples Another general point about the focus group method is that, while it is gaining in popularity at the moment, it is by no means a new technique. Western reporters talking mainly to the urban middle class also got a false sense that his list might be gaining in popularity. Like a snowball rolling downhill, the software-as-a-service platform is gaining in size and depth as vendors continue to add on more and more components to the core hosted application. The island is currently gaining in popularity. More and more support has been given to the West on Track campaign that is gaining in popularity at present. The verdict was that camp drafting is a sport gaining in popularity. Here's proof: there are vernacular Valentine cards to be had, and they seem to be gaining in popularity with each V-Day. The last one in particular is great stuff; I guess now that he's dead his time has come and he's gaining in popularity. This holiday season, LEDs are gaining in popularity as bulbs for Christmas lights. These metals are gaining in popularity for use in jewelry and are also important in manufacturing auto converters that reduce pollution. The performances are improving and gaining in confidence. This facility, Mary tells us is gaining in popularity. The children's yoga course is now in its second term and is gaining in popularity, and it is immediately obvious that the studio is child-friendly. Rosé champagnes are serious wines which are gaining in popularity. What I gained in readership or ad revenue was not worth the respect I lost for myself. Cookery courses abroad are also gaining in popularity. The location has been gaining in popularity - so much so that parks officials want to stop renting it out unless the event holds some prestige value for the city. We are gaining in power, we deserve respect - and complimentary drinks. This utter tripe that is reality TV seems to be gaining in popularity. Bottom lifts, however, are gaining in popularity here. Synonyms catch up with, catch up on, catch someone up, catch, narrow the gap between, get nearer to, draw nearer to, close in on, creep up on, come up to, approach, near 2.3 (of a clock or watch) become fast by (a specific amount of time) （钟，表）走快（特定量时间） this atomic clock will neither gain nor lose a second in the next 1 million years 这原子钟在今后的100万年里既不会快也不会慢1秒钟。 Example sentencesExamples It also depends on the constancy of its rate; meaning, that a watch gains or loses the exact same amount of time each day. The new clocks would not gain or lose one second in a thousand years. nounɡānɡeɪn 1An increase in wealth or resources. 财富（或资源）的增长 the mayor was accused of using municipal funds for personal gain 市长被控挪用市政基金为个人谋利。 Example sentencesExamples This will only be achieved by proper administrators whose collective priority should be a passion for the game and not concentrated on personal gain or glory. Education needs hearts and minds dedicated to altruistic development rather than short term and personal gain and material enrichment. Technically, water remains a public resource, but water license holders can now sell the rights to a public resource for personal gain. The company said circulation revenues continue to show solid advances on 2002, reflecting the impact of both cover price increases and market share gains. More observed an England in which wealth and personal gain had come to mean more than Christian devotion or charity. Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. Additionally, with this new focus on sacrificing sustainable living for financial gain, natural resources were in greater demand than ever. He sold the shares for a trifling personal gain of around $300. It all boils down to the integrity of the individual and the willingness of the individual to sink perceived personal gain for the common good when necessary. He did not fight for personal gain, as is manifest from the fact that he was a very poor man who gave away all he had constantly, to help others in charity. I have to ask, if what is said above is true, why then would you keep it a secret and release the information only for personal gain? Ruthless pursuit of personal gain is venerated. A trained barrister, he made sure that laws were passed to prevent the misuse of mineral resources for private gain. Favourtism is defined by personal financial gain. I mean, we're talking about an individual who did this for his own personal gain without any feelings toward any human being. You are not allowed to use confidential information you have for your own personal gain. I viewed them willingly, helped out, gave my experienced expert opinion on what I saw freely and without personal gain. He said the transaction had not led to any personal gain and added he had not sold any of the shares since they were acquired. Philadelphia politicians and their appointees sometimes use their offices for personal gain. I'm angry that a company is out there selling my personal information for monetary gain. Synonyms profit, earnings, income, advantage, benefit, reward, emolument, yield, return, winnings, receipts, proceeds, dividend, interest, percentage, takings 1.1 A thing that is achieved or acquired. 获得的东西，取得的进展 a balance between water loss and water gain Example sentencesExamples Policies motivated by political gain will inflict public pain. In order for a supplier to achieve a large cooperative gain, the partnership must favour the creation and coordination of joint resources. But that gain has been achieved at a considerable price, as we shall see. Recent amendments to the Act should lead to significant improvements, and my government will ensure that the potential gains are achieved. The potential gain to the wider public from the results of individual studies must be considered. It's this crucial combination of good health and good taste that presents a significant potential gain for the industry. The good news is that the fans' loss is the public's gain. Their findings suggest that a more responsible approach to arms exports is not a question of economic loss versus moral gain. Prospect theory suggests that people are more inclined to take risks to avoid losses than they are to take risks to achieve gains. This doesn't mean that we should do nothing to improve our diets, but just to suggest that potential health gains aren't worth the anxiety that could be created by another public health campaign. These crustaceans adaptations for water balance loss, gain and retention are a physiological priority. OK, I think we can do that well and keep our losses proportional to the gains we achieve. It is unclear whether screening for diabetes would, in itself, achieve an appreciable health gain. In reality what happens is the blatant misuse of public office for pecuniary gain. But do our political gains need to be achieved at such economic cost? We lack a vocabulary to discuss other ways of investing in health gain. These interventions achieve the largest health gains by an individual intervention, and the question is whether these should be scaled up further or if there are more cost effective choices. This would be the question on the minds of innocent general public, thus reversing all the gains of the public health campaigns for HIV-AIDS prevention. Instead they are trying to saw off the limb onto which the president has climbed in order to achieve short-term political gain. The second is that he is in touch with reality, but chooses to distort it in his public pronouncements for political gain or mere gratification. Synonyms achievement, accomplishment, realization, realizing, fulfilment, fulfilling, effecting, completion, consummation 1.2 The factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm. （常用对数表示的功率或电压的）增益 Example sentencesExamples The amplitude gain is determined by the detected photocurrent, which is used to modulate the amplitude of the local oscillator. Antennas with high gain, selective patterns and high efficiency can assure that networks are reliable and perform at the best. The antennas combine high gain with a directional beam and virtually no backscatter, the company said. Because of this, QD lasers emit a narrower spectral band, which translates into a higher differential gain. They conclude that the addition of germanium in the base increased the gain and the early voltage by as much as 33%. Loea's system uses two-foot and four-foot Cassegrain dish antennas with up to 56dB of gain. The improved signal gain permits a reduction in transmit power and, accordingly, increased capacity of the base station. The gain of the amplifier system was not changed. The higher antenna gain allows low-power amplifiers to be used with efficient modulation and coding. In this way, all measurements were truly comparable, irrespective of the amplifier gain. Pak cursed routinely and adjusted the gain of the amplifier. In another variation, the camera gain is increased throughout the pulse train. On the other hand, we found that the amplifier gain also increased noise. The auxiliary amplifier is provided within the circuit to increase the gain of the cascode amplifier and has an associated output. Asus bundles its own Settings application to control a number of the device's features, including microphone gain and sensitivity. A number of factors determine the gain of a laser amplifier, including input signal strength. It operates at a low gain but will automatically adjust to provide a higher level of gain if necessary. Origin Late 15th century (as a noun, originally in the sense ‘booty’): from Old French gaigne (noun), gaignier (verb), of Germanic origin.
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