[, ]the money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from investing money, from business, etc.收入；收益；所得◆people on high/low incomes高／低收入的人◆a weekly income of €400每周收入 400 欧元◆They receive a proportion of their income from the sale of goods and services.他们一部分的收入来自出售货物和各种服务。◆Tourism is a major source of income for the area.旅游业是这个地区的主要收入来源。➡expenditure ➡ see note at increase ⨁an annual / a monthly / quarterly / weekly income每年／每月／每季／每周收入⨁family / household / national / personal income家庭／居民／国民／个人收入⨁gross / net income毛／净收入⨁after-tax / pre-tax / post-tax / taxable income税后／税前／除税后／应课税收入⨁dividend / investment / rental / retirement income股利／投资／租金／退休收入⨁to earn / generate / have / provide / receive (an) income赚取／产生／有／提供／得到收入accrued income adjusted gross income deferred income discretionary income disposable income earned income expendable income fixed income low-income middle-income operating income premium income private income psychic income residual income transfer income unearned income unreported income income / earnings / revenue <chn/>These words all describe money that is earned. 这些词均指挣来的钱。Income is used to describe money earned by a person, an organization or a country, especially on a regular basis. It is usually used in the singular or as an uncountable noun. * income 指个人、机构或国家的收入，且尤指定期收入。通常用作单数名词或不可数名词：an income of $10 000 a year 年收入 1 万元a drop in income 收入下降 In the plural, it refers only to money earned by individuals. 用作复数形式时仅指个人收入：The research shows that families on low incomes are struggling with debts. 研究表明低收入家庭正疲于应对债务问题。Earnings is a plural noun and is used mainly in the context of calculating or reporting amounts that are earned by people or businesses. * earnings 为复数名词，主要用于计算或报告个人或企业的收入额：Full-year earnings rose by 15%. 全年收入增加了 15%。You must declare all earnings to the tax office. 你必须向税务机关申报所有收入。 It is also used to describe money that a country earns from exporting goods. 同时还可指一个国家的出口所得：export earnings 出口收益Revenue [uncountable] or revenues [plural] are used about money earned by a business. * revenue 或 revenues 用于指企业的收益：A product generates revenue for the business. 产品可为企业带来收入。Over half the company's revenues are in dollars. 公司一半以上的收入是美元。Income [uncountable] or revenue [uncountable or plural], not earnings, are used when describing the way in which money is earned. 说明收入来源时，用 income （不可数名词）或 revenue （不可数名词或复数），而不用 earnings：fee/investment/sales income (= money earned from fees/investments/sales)收费所得；投资收益；销售收入licence/sales/tax revenues 许可证／销售／税收收入