it would be bad if none could be had Those tables for to wait upon; There is no lord, duke, nor squire, nor member for the shire, Can do without a servingman. HUSBANDMAN. But, Jack! it would be worse if there was none of us To follow the plowing of the land; There is neither king, lord, nor squire, nor member for the shire, Can do without the husbandman. SERVINGMAN. Kind sir! I must confess't, and I humbly protest I will give you the uppermost hand; Although your labour's painful, and mine it is so very gainful, I wish I were a husbandman. HUSBANDMAN.英文原著 · 《Ancient Poems》
[In 1871, Salvini organised a company for a tour in South America, On his way thither he paused at Gibraltar, and gainfully.]英文原著 · 《Autobiographies》
Hannah's Alderney restored us to one rural privilege. Never was so cleanly a little milkmaid. She changed away some of the cottage finery, which, in his prosperous days, poor Jack had pleased himself with bringing home, the china tea-service, the gilded mugs, and the painted waiters, for the useful utensils of the dairy, and speedily established a regular and gainful trade in milk, eggs, butter, honey, and poultry--for poultry they had always kept.英文原著 · 《Our Village》
On the contrary, there are no people easier to train, none so susceptible of carefulness in these same matters. One needs only to point out to them that the pursuit is gainful, and their interest is aroused.英文原著 · 《The Economist》
You know, this gainful employment thing is really starting to cut into our social life.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
I'm--I'm late for work, and you all look like you haven't had gainful employment for decades, so if you don't mind, I'll just, um...美剧 · 《Shameless》
I finally told him that he made me a promise before he went away, and now that he's back and gainfully employed, it's time for him to make an honest woman of me.美剧 · 《Suits》
One moment, leaping from a hotel window, the next gainfully employed by one of the world's greatest living composers.电影 · 《Cloud Atlas (2012)》