Earned value is tied to demonstrable results, not money spent.

挣值依赖于可论证的结果，而不是费用花费。

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If you spent the money you earned not only to your self but also helped others, then that will be one of the source of happiness.

如果你把自己赚的钱不仅花在了自己身上，而且还能用来帮助别人，那么那将会是快乐的源泉之一。

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What we earned was not money, but trust.

我们挣到的不是钱，而是信任。

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He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

They were not paid to do this. They earned their money at other jobs, but dropped what they were doing when the fire bell rang.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

But she could not support her family on the money she earned.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

NICs are paid only on earned income, not on money from savings, raising the same money from tax would place a lower burden on workers.

ECONOMIST: National insurance

Merchants put spare cash into the funds, which, as they would not otherwise have earned interest on the money, boosted their profits and competitiveness.

ECONOMIST: What did early 19th-century literary characters live on?

The FBI would not say how much money the group earned from the alleged smuggling, nor what else they were looking for.

BBC: News Online