| 单词 |
remunerative |
| 释义 |
remunerative, a.|rɪˈmjuːnərətɪv|
[f. as remunerate v. + -ive: cf. mod.F. rémunératif.]
†1. Inclined to remunerate. Obs. rare—1.
1626Disc. Pr. Henry in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 262 That remunerative he was of services, and considerative of those that deserved and needed.
2. That remunerates or rewards.
a1677Manton Exp. Lord's Pr. Matt. vi. 11 Wks. 1870 I. 154 Not from his strict remunerative justice, but out of his grace. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 690 Men..become fit objects for remunerative justice to display itself upon. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. ii. 40 Our acquiescence in retributive proceedings as well penal as remunerative.
3. That brings remuneration; profitable.
1859Smiles Self-Help viii. 209 He advanced by degrees to more remunerative branches of employment. 1865H. Phillips Amer. Paper Curr. II. 72 The scheme did not prove remunerative nor a source of revenue. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark. 334 Although chinchona cultivation is a remunerative public work..the experiment is still in its infancy.
Hence reˈmuneratively, reˈmunerativeness.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 27 But remuneratively let your starres and planets not onely signe, but cause good fortune or reward. 1877Fraser's Mag. XV. 39 Their time is more remuneratively occupied. 1895Manch. Guard. 14 Oct. 5/5 Of the remunerativeness of the enterprise there can be no doubt, apart from the net gain to the cultivators. |
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